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Today on Focus on the Family, we're going to be talking about helping your children understand the birds and the bees, have the talk, and I'm letting your parents know this ahead of time so you can kind of usher the young ones out of listening range.

Our guests are Jesse Menassian and Danny Huerta.

One of the members from our plugged in team shared his story about having to talk with his son and they had gone away for the weekend and he shared how the sperm and the egg come together and immediately his son said,

Dad, I knew it. We came from eggs. He was so excited to find that out. He wanted to tell his friends that we did come from eggs. We're chickens.

Well, John, last time we had a great conversation with our guests, Danny and Jesse. And if you missed that episode, go to the website, get the download or download the app for your smartphone.

Listen to it because I think it really helps parents be better equipped to have that discussion over a longer period of time, not just the talk, but many talks that help your young children better understand what God has done in this big design.

We described some of the hurdles that families face during those teen years, things like peer pressure, social media, and the boy girl relationship.

We also explained how parents can get out ahead of these issues, discussing them beforehand with your preteen. That's really important. Don't assume that your kids are in a bubble. That bubble has probably been burst by the culture at some point.

So engage them and start talking with them about God's design for human sexuality.

We also introduced all of you to a resource that will help you in this process. It's a video based curriculum from focus on the family called launch into the teen years. And it's a tool that you can use to assist you in this effort.

It's all designed to foster communication, to be upfront, to have a safe space for your kids to be able to really understand what sexuality and what puberty is all about.

Launch into the teen years includes a journal for your child. It includes a guideline for you to have some step-by-step conversations and some downloadable videos.

And it's all available online, and we've got the details in the episode notes.

John, you mentioned our guest, Danny Wiertha and Jesse Menassian. They're both back with us today. We're glad to have them. Danny is a licensed social worker who heads up our parenting and youth team here at Focus.

And Jesse has been on the broadcast many times before. She's an author, blogger, and host of an interactive website called Life, Love, and God. Danny and Jesse, welcome back.

Hey, thanks for having me on this.

It's so good to have you back here for the talk.

Thank you.

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