Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Your Village podcast, parenting beyond discipline,

the place to learn about all things parenting and get your questions answered. I'm your host,

Aaron Royer Azraland. I know I originally had a different topic on the schedule

for this episode, but that will be pushed to next week. Because of an incident that has been

big in the news and all over social media, and that is the story about Brock Turner, I felt

it was very important that I share some tips about teaching our kids about consent.

This is one of those topics that I was referring to when I shared back in the intro episode

that we would cover it all. Now as a warning, while the words I use will be clean, no profanity,

no vulgarity, I will be touching on ways to talk with kids about sex and sexuality.

I will be using proper anatomical terms for body parts and discussing how to teach your kids about

sexual consent and boundaries. So if this is something that you prefer to share with your kids in your

own words, feelings, values, and time, and your kids

are around now, then you may want to listen to this another time when they're not around.

If you're not aware of the details of the case, I mentioned earlier, you can search Brock Turner

on Google, as I don't want to share anything alarming for those who might still be listening

with their kids in the immediate area. I will say there were two witnesses who saw the crime

stopped the perpetrator and held him until police arrived. He was convicted on three counts.

The only personal thought I will share on this entire case is my grave disappointment

in the complete lack of empathy and understanding about the gravity of his crime and its effect

on the victim by both the perpetrator, but even more, especially by his father. We parents

pass on our attitudes about sex, gender roles, gender

value, and how we treat other people overall. But in addition to leading by example,

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