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and get your questions answered. I'm your village founder and your host, Erin Royer.

Hi everyone. So I'm excited to get to these questions today because they're a little bit

different than what we've had before. So the first one is about

a toddler when sexual behavior. The second is about raising strong girls. So some new topics

I haven't delved into very deeply before. I did have another question at one point about toddler

sexual exploration, but it's not a common topic. And I think it's something a lot of parents have on their

minds just aren't sure how to ask or if they haven't really come up against it yet. They don't know

how to ask what to ask but would like to know what to do if they should encounter their young

child engaging in sexual play. Now, I never want to send any messages at all about shame around sexuality, but parents just

aren't fully comfortable or prepared to answer some questions, especially for the younger kids.

So I always like to give the warning just in case that in this episode, I will be discussing

some sexual terms. So if you aren't totally comfortable with your child hearing certain terms yet, or if it's

something you aren't totally prepared to answer questions about, you may want to listen privately

with headphones or when you're alone for this episode. Because even the second question, we get

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