Mommy, where do babies come from? It's the question that most parents dread answering.

Or today, maybe we're even more apprehensive about questions like, can a boy turn into a girl?

Or what are those naked people doing on the computer?

I'm Julie Slattery with Authentic Emacy, and thanks so much for listening to this podcast,

which is a production of the ministry, Authentic Enimacy, and our mission is reclaiming

God's design for sexuality, and that mission starts very, very young.

We have to start having conversations about sex with children at a very young age nowadays.

So how do you teach a healthy biblical perspective of sex to young children without shattering their innocence?

Let me just tell you there's no recipe for success.

But you want to start with intentionality, consistency, and a lot of prayer.

This is why I'm really glad to share a conversation with Megan Michelson with you.

Megan is a speaker and teacher with birds and bees, which is an online course that

gives parents the tools and confidence to start talking to their children about sex at

a very young age.

Megan is also a mom of three little ones,

so she's right along with you in this conversation. On this episode of Java, you're going to hear

us talk about how we teach our kids the basic facts about body parts and reproduction,

how parents and grandparents can get on the same page as they interact with young children around

these topics.

And we'll also tackle some of parents' tough questions, like how to address the gender

confusion in our culture.

And what do you do if your young child regularly touches his or her private parts?

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