How to talk to Your Kids About Sex w/ Kristen Miele

Dear Young Married Couple

Adam & Karissa King

Christianity, Sexuality, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality, Relationships, Society & Culture

4.8 • 871 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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🌱🔥 What if the things you’re avoiding talking about are the very things shaping your kids the most? Hear us sit down with Kristen Miele of Sex Ed Reclaimed to talk about the quiet ways intimacy fades in marriage, how kids sense more than we think, and why silence around sex and sexuality leaves a lasting mark. This conversation reframes awkward moments as sacred opportunities for discipleship. When hard questions come up, will your kids come to you first? This episode challenges, equips, and invites you to lead with honesty instead of fear. Resources: Sex Ed Reclaimed: https://www.sexedreclaimed.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	there's already that massive disconnect between the creator and the creation.
0:03.5	Like, Christians shouldn't have this disconnect.
0:05.1	Like, we're connected to the creator who made sex before the falls.
0:08.8	And yet somewhere down the line, I learned it was bad.
0:12.1	Dear young married couple, are you at a loss for words when it comes to talking to your kids
0:16.4	about uncomfortable topics like sexuality, abortion, divorce, or pornography. When parents don't have
0:22.7	words, kids go looking for answers somewhere else. Today we're talking about sexual formation,
0:28.2	discipleship, and why secrecy is never neutral. Most parents don't avoid these conversations
0:33.8	because they don't care. They avoid them because they really feel behind or unqualified,
0:40.1	it's awkward, or because their own story still hurts. Kristen Neale from Sex Ed Reclaims joins us to
0:47.0	talk about what it looks like to face this with courage and with warmth. And Kristen has a bachelor's and
0:53.0	master's degree and she's taught in hundreds of classrooms over the last 15 years. If you've ever felt that internal panic of, I don't know what to say, listen now, you're going to leave with language and a plan. Kristen Miele, it's so good to have you on the podcast today. Thank you for joining us. I'm really excited to be here. I've loved getting to know you guys a little bit over the past, what, year, year and a half.
1:15.2	So it's really good to chat again.
1:17.2	Yes.
1:17.5	Absolutely.
1:18.0	It's been great having you at our Aeros conferences this year in 2025 and just seeing your heart for couples and families and helping them have healthy discussions
1:32.3	about sexuality. We're going to talk about that. But I want to start with a story that came up at
1:38.0	our last Eros conference in Tennessee. We were at a Q&A together and it was a lunch and kind of a chill setting and people were just opening up and sharing and asking questions.
1:49.9	And there was a gal that was talking about her marriage and how, you know, things were kind of rough in her marriage.
1:57.1	Her husband had an injury.
1:59.9	And so there were issues going on with their intimacy,
2:03.0	and the kids were starting to notice. The kids were noticing that things weren't that great
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