How to talk to kids about sex, bodies and consent

Life Kit: Parenting

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Kids & Family

4.4 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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It's tricky to talk to younger kids about sex. This episode helps parents get past the confusion and embarrassment around sex education so they can raise healthy, responsible kids. This episode originally aired December 17, 2019.

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0:00.0	Support for NPR and the following message comes from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
0:05.4	RWJF is a national philanthropy working toward a future where health is no longer a privilege but a right.
0:12.1	Learn more at RWJF.org.
0:15.6	You're listening to LifeKit from NPR.
0:20.4	Hey everybody, it's Mariel.
0:22.8	Here at NPR, we are very serious.
0:26.1	And thus, my friends, education correspondent Corey Turner and former NPR education correspondent, Anya Kamenetz, would like to play a very serious game with you.
0:36.3	Penis.
0:37.7	Penis. Penis. Pen you. Penis. Penis.
0:38.7	Penis.
0:39.3	Penis.
0:40.2	Penis.
0:41.0	Penis.
0:41.5	Penis.
0:41.6	Penis!
0:42.6	Penis!
0:43.1	Penis!
0:45.1	Okay, so for real, though, this is very serious business because getting comfortable with words like penis
0:55.0	is crucial if you're a parent trying to explain sex and consent to your kids.
1:00.6	On this episode of Life Kit, the birds and the bees like you've never heard them before,
1:04.9	Anya and Corey are going to teach you how to have conversations about anatomy and sex,
1:09.6	specifically with younger kids. Because whether you bring this up or not, they're going to have conversations about anatomy and sex, specifically with younger kids.
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