Tag: sex education
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Let’s Get Real About Sex: 5 Tips to Boost Your Confidence in Discussing Your Desires
Get Pregnant Fast Growing up, I was never the shy type. I often found myself hearing phrases like, “Taylor, quiet down,” “That’s not appropriate,” and “Let’s see how long you can stay silent.” I vividly remember asking my dad’s friend about his “peanut” when I was just three years old. He came over for dinner,…
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Navigating the Conversation About Reproduction with Kids (Without Evasions)
Get Pregnant Fast On her third birthday, I decided it was time to share the story of my daughter’s birth—how the moment my water broke felt like a juice box bursting, how the hospital crowd cheered for us, and how she made her entrance with barely a push. As she sat there enjoying her cake,…
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Caught in the Act: How to Avoid Awkward Conversations with Your Kids About Sex
Get Pregnant Fast Last night, the unexpected occurred. Our young daughter, Emily, walked in on us during a rather intimate moment. We were unsure how long she had been standing there, quietly in the shadows, until she finally piped up, “I can’t sleep.” In that instant, we froze. After what felt like an eternity, she…
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The Groundbreaking Book That Could Revitalize Your Sex Life
Get Pregnant Fast You might assume that by a certain age, both women and men would be well-acquainted with the intimate intricacies of their bodies and desires—after all, we’ve had plenty of experience. However, my journey into discussing sexuality revealed a stark reality: many of us still have a lot to learn. While we may…
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Navigating Conversations About Sex with My Son, Inspired by ‘Futurama’
Get Pregnant Fast “Mom, what’s prawnstitution?” And just like that, a pivotal conversation about sex began, all thanks to an episode of Futurama. At the time, my son was only 10, and prior to this, he had sidestepped any discussions that involved explicit content. I still remember the time he asked my husband why Noah…
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Why It’s Crucial to Have ‘The Talk’ With Kids Sooner Than You Think
Get Pregnant Fast In today’s digital age, children have unprecedented access to the internet, making it essential for parents to initiate discussions about sex much earlier than we might anticipate. With the ease of using tablets and streaming services, kids are exposed to all sorts of content—much of which they aren’t ready to process. This…
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Minecraft’s Controversial Mod: What Parents Should Know
Get Pregnant Fast Recently, a disconcerting topic surfaced online: Minecraft has a user-generated sex mod. Frankly, it’s hard to digest this revelation while juggling morning routines, especially when it feels like the world is already inundated with enough chaos. After dropping my kids off at school, curiosity got the better of me and I searched…
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A Mom Live-Tweets Her Son’s Sex Ed Class
Get Pregnant Fast Menu Parenting In East Lansing, Michigan, a professor named Claire Thompson found herself in a unique situation when her son attended a sex education class at his high school. Armed with a smartphone and a strong sense of justice, Claire decided to live-tweet the entire experience after discovering that she could connect…
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Men Experience Labor Pain: A Hilarious Take on Parenting in an Educational Video
Get Pregnant Fast Sex education often gets a bad rap: kids can be too shy to engage, while sometimes the educators are just as uncomfortable. So, how can we effectively communicate the realities of parenting to teens navigating their own tumultuous hormonal changes? One entertaining approach might be to share the BuzzFeed series featuring the…
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Navigating The Baby-Making Talk: A Modern Approach to Parenting Conversations
Get Pregnant Fast Updated: Aug. 14, 2015 Originally Published: Jan. 19, 2011 The other night, my nine-year-old daughter, Mia, casually declared, “I asked Dad how you make a baby, but he said you’d be mad at him if he told me.” I was taken aback and honestly unsure of how to respond. (For the record,…