We covered teaching young girls in our previous post and now it's the boys' turn! Little boys are usually very curious about their male anatomy. It is just so easy to find their genitals and to compare what they have to everybody else. They are…
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Reproduction: A Good First Talk With Our 5-7-Year-Old Daughters
February 25, 2014
Young girls will often begin to question where babies come from when they see a pregnant woman. A girl might also question why her anatomy looks different than a little boy’s anatomy. We can be challenged by these questions unless we remember that our daughters…
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The “Talk”: Why is it so difficult to get the conversation started?
February 10, 2014
Throughout the years, I’ve had many opportunities to talk to parents about how to teach their children about their bodies. Most parents think it is fun to teach how the heart beats or why their kids’ muscles get tired when they run. But as soon…
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New Year’s Resolutions for Families
January 2, 2014
I am so happy to see the beginning of a new year because it feels like an opportunity to start over. I'm not very good at creating a list of New Year’s resolutions, but I always have a few goals in mind that I want…
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Making the Holidays Special
December 21, 2013
The holidays are the most special time of the year for my family. So much so, that I begin planning for it the summer before the holiday. One thing I begin thinking about is advent calendars. Each of our two married children and our seven…
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