#83 - Top 10 sex ed parenting tips from experts

On this week’s episode of the podcast, we have a special bonus episode – ten of our top parenting sex ed tips from experts. We’ve spoken with a lot of parenting experts on our podcast over the years and we wanted to put together some of our favourite tips from these conversations. We’ll cover things like how to talk with your kids about consent, masturbation and porn, advice for how you can be the kind of parent your kids feel safe to come to – and why that’s so important – as well as how you can respond, rather than react, when they ask you a tricky question.

00:00 – Intro

00:34 – Make it normal for your kids to talk to you about what they see online

02:07 – Why you don’t want to shame kids for their bodily reactions to sexual content

03:10 – Be the go to place for your kids to learn facts and values, rather than the media/porn

04:06 – Think about helpful sex conversations you've had in your own life

05:27 – Why your tone matters even more than what you say when having sex talks with your kids

06:20 – How to talk with kids about masturbation

06:59 – How to explain to kids how babies are made

09:28 – How to talk with your kids about porn

10:50 – How to teach kids about consent

12:12 – How to respond rather than react when your child asks you a tricky sex question

14:26 – Conclusion

Our experts include:

Cath Hakanson, qualified sexual health nurse, author, speaker and the founder of Sex Ed Rescue.

https://sexedrescue.com/

Vanessa Hamilton, sexuality educator and the founder of education business ‘Talking The Talk Healthy Sexuality Education’, with over 25 years of experience as a registered sexual health nurse.

https://www.talkingthetalksexed.com.au/

Dr Jane Cherrington, PhD in discursive psychology, with some post-doctoral work around the themes in porn, founder of the Sex in Space Project.

https://sexinspace.com/

Justin Hancock, writer/editor of BISH, a trained sexual health trainer, qualified youth worker, and a sex and relationships educator since 1999.

https://www.bishuk.com/

Nikki Denholm, director at The Light Project, which aims to equip youth, their whānau and communities to build porn literacy and positively navigate the new porn landscape.

https://thelightproject.co.nz/

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Check out our books, 'How to talk with your kids about porn' and 'The Organ Education Forgot', available at https://www.sexinspace.com/books to download or buy.

For more info, check out our website at:

https://www.sexinspace.com/

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