How to talk to kids about sex, bodies and consent

Life Kit

NPR

Business, Health & Fitness, Education, Kids & Family, Self-improvement

4.5 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

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.

See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.

NPR Privacy Policy

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Support for NPR and the following message come from SAP Concur, a leading brand for integrated travel expense and invoice management solutions.
0:08.5	With SAP Concur solutions, you'll be ready to take on whatever the market throws at you next. Learn more at concur.com.
0:16.0	You're listening to Life Kit from NPR.
0:22.0	Hey everybody, it's Mariel. Here at NPR we are very serious and thus my
0:28.6	friends education correspondent Corey Turner and former NPR Education Correspondent,
0:33.7	Anya cabinets, would like to play a very serious game with you.
0:37.1	Pines.
0:39.1	Pines. Pines.
0:40.8	Pines. Pines. Pines.
0:41.6	Pines. Pines. Pines. Pines. Pines. Pines! penis penis. penis.
0:43.0	penis. penis!
0:44.0	penis!
0:46.0	penis!
0:47.0	Ahem
0:48.0	Ahem ha ha
0:50.0	Okay, so for real though, this is very serious business because getting comfortable with
0:55.5	words like penis is crucial if you're a parent trying to explain sex and consent to your kids.
1:02.1	On this episode of Life Kit, the birds and the bees
1:04.3	like you've never heard them before. Anya and Corey are going to teach you how to
1:08.0	have conversations about anatomy and sex, specifically with younger kids.
1:12.3	Because whether you bring this up or not... and sex, specifically with younger kids.
1:12.9	Because whether you bring this up or not,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.