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By Amy Boshnack
Did you know that North Carolina schools teach an abstinence-only curriculum. For those of us slow on the uptake... that means no contraception is discussed at all! So they teach you how to…
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I remember the exact moment I learned about the birds and the bees. I was in the front seat of the station wagon with my mom. We were coming home from a hot summer day at the beach. Usually I just looked out the window at the beautiful Santa Monica mountains, wondering how so many plants could…
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Posted by Cole Gamble
Quick disclosure, sex talk has never been taboo in my parent's house. For my 22-year-old sister’s Christmas present, my dad and stepmom bought her a dildo. As my sister…
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When you can't take it back
-Julie Ryan Evans, BettyConfidential.com
Last night my son Nolan woke up from a nightmare. When my husband went up to see...
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Our kids bathe together. With my daughter at four-years-old and my son not quite two, the cute harmlessness of their tub adventures is directly proportionate to the amount of embarrassment they will feel when I show them the pictures when they’re... Read More »
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This is a topic that's not gonna get a lot
of play from the Obama camp. People would call bringing a
17-year-old pregnant girl into a political debate just mean. I
don't care; I think it needs to be discussed because Bristol
Palin's situation launches a fiery hot cannonball right into...
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I'm all about telling kids the truth, even when it comes to uncomfortable questions, such as those about babies and where they come from. You have to tell kids the real deal right from the get-go: babies come from magic baby seeds that you swallow, and then when they're fully formed, they fly out of your belly-button.
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Okay, so I'm a prude. I'm totally into teaching kids euphemisms for sexual anatomy, and I shun truth and reality as much as possible when it comes to exactly how that anatomy functions in reproduction. I understand the impetus behind those who believe in honest answers for curious kids, but I just can't bring myself to be honest with my own child.
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"Mom," my 10-year-old son said to me the other day, "When are you going to tell me about the birds and the Bee Gees?"
After I was done laughing, I felt a twinge of guilt about the fact that my son, who is decidedly a "tween" and moving ever-closer to puberty, is so in... Read More »
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