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December 28, 2009

my children have a very different experience with pop culture than I did...

I wasn't allowed to listen to "secular" music. I started listening secretly to the radio when I was in the 6th grade or thereabout. My girls (7 and 4) have been dancing around all day singing Fireflies by Owl City, know most of the lyrics to Hungry Like a Wolf by Duran Duran and Debbie Harry is one of Shayel's favorite musicians. They also know that Elton John is married to a man and have absolutely ZERO notion that that would somehow not be perfectly ok. I'm happy with these differences.

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October 21, 2009

Tips for Parents on Talking to their Kids About Pornography

If pornography seems like the last thing you need to talk to your kids about, you might be right. On the other hand you might be wrong. Good sex education isn’t about forcing one agenda or another on your kids. It’s about being responsive to questions asked and anticipating what kinds of information your kids might need given their environment.

If I could only give you one reason why you should at least think about talking to your kids about pornography it's that, if statistics are to be believed, they are likely to encounter some of it before they reach an age where they’ll be able to critically understand what they are seeing.

I wouldn’t recommend raising the topic of pornography out of the blue. But if you have a child who is already online or watches TV, or you have any pornography in your home (no matter how well hidden you think it is) I do think it behooves you to prepare to talk about pornography, and think ahead about how you want to talk about. MORE >>

Thanks to Becky Knight (http://www.livingsexuality.com) for the link to this helpful article.

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