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Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast

A Series of Conversations About Sex

Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Is there a right time to have the talk with your kids? Jim Daly chats with Justin and Lindsey Holcomb about how talking to your kids about sex is a series of ongoing discussions, not a one-time thing. Plus, Danny reminds you that there's not a perfect formula for talking about sexuality with your children.

 

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0:00.0

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0:32.4

Well, every parent eventually should have the talk with your child. Is there a right time, a best time, a right

0:40.7

age? What was it like for you, John? What was it like for you? I did not have a talk with,

0:45.7

if you're talking as I was growing up. No, my parents gave me a book and said here. And that was

0:51.3

kind of the informative thing for sexuality and understanding adolescence.

0:55.8

And actually, there were some really good information in those books.

0:59.0

They were age appropriate.

1:00.9

And so I was grateful.

1:02.3

And, you know, there really isn't a perfect age.

1:06.5

So we're going to talk about that a little bit today.

1:08.7

I'm John Fuller with Dr. Danny Werta, who leads our parenting team here. And we're going to talk about that a little bit today. I'm John Fuller with Dr. Danny Werta, who leads our parenting team here.

1:12.7

And we're going to kick off with a conversation focused on the family president, Jim Daley,

1:17.1

had with Justin Holcomb and his wife, Lindsay, about when's the right time to have the talk.

1:24.5

We feel like we've got to do it perfectly, you know, like it's placing something on a

1:30.3

on a wobbly mount, you know, boo, we got to just find the perfect spot to place this in,

1:35.3

at perfect age.

1:36.3

But it's not that.

1:37.3

It is kind of an ongoing conversation.

1:39.3

It starts with age appropriate observations or things like that. So how do we let some of the

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