Why I gave my teenage daughter a vibrator | Robin Buckley

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Health & Fitness, Fitness, Shoshana Ungerleider, Medicine, How To Be Healthier, Ted Shoshana, Ted Talks Health

4.2 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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"Why does a vibrator make us uncomfortable, but Viagra does not?" asks cognitive-behavioral coach Robin Buckley. Sharing her own personal story of empowering her teenage daughter to explore the power of pleasure, Buckley encourages parents to talk to their teens about healthy sexual development -- and shares why the awkward conversations are worth it.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective Hey Ted listeners, it's
0:15.0	listeners, it's Dr. Shoshana.
0:17.0	Have you ever found yourself tiptoeing around the birds and the bees conversation
0:22.0	unsure of how to approach it?
0:24.8	Cognitive behavioral coach Robin Buckley offers a transformative approach to this often
0:31.8	taboo topic in her enlightening 2022 TEDx Portsmouth talk.
0:37.0	Sharing her journey of encouraging open discussions about pleasure and healthy sexual development with her teenage
0:44.2	daughters, she challenges the norms of traditional sex education.
0:48.6	Tune in for an insightful and possibly blush-inducing journey that promises to make the
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1:37.0	Six years ago, when my older daughter was 13,
1:41.0	I bought her a vibrator. I'm done.
1:45.0	It wasn't something I planned on doing.
1:50.0	I mean I knew eventually my daughter's when he brought wasn't something I planned on doing.
1:53.1	I mean, I knew eventually my daughters would need bras and
1:55.4	tampons, maybe braces.
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