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In the wake of #metoo, many of us are left wondering what to teach our sons about sex. With a new emphasis on consent and a new awareness that the current system is largely not working, we’re turning to you.
What are you teaching your sons about sex?
My own father began and concluded a rather abrupt sex talk with my brother when he was in his teens. His words of wisdom? “Keep your pecker in your pants.”
We can do better than that.
Consider the following—either for what you have done, or what you will do:
1. In this article, The Healthy Sex Talk: Teaching Kids Consent, Ages 1-21, we outline age-appropriate information you can pass on to your kids. What will you pass on to your son?
2. What are the components of having “awesome sex”? One father details what that means to him as he writes a letter to his daughter. What is the letter you would write to your son?
3. What will you teach your son about his changing body?
4. What have you taught/will teach your son about his body?
5. How will you navigate discussions around potentially embarrassing situations and changes in puberty?
6. What will you say about what sex can mean to your son and whatever partner(s) he has?
7. What information will you pass on about safer sex and birth control? Or safer sex conversations he can have with partners?
8. What will you teach about biological sex, gender, and when the two don’t match up?
9. What will you tell your son about degrading talk that targets men, women, boys, girls, any gender when it comes to their sexuality?
10. How will you teach him to move past stereotypes to his own authentic sexual expression? What role models will you tell him about when it comes to healthy sexual expression?
11. What will you teach him about both saying no and listening to no?
12. How will you teach your son about asking for and creating boundaries?
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We have had a number of articles on this subject:
14 Things You Must Teach Your Son about Sex
Teaching My Sons the Meaning of Sex
What Happens When We Don’t Teach Boys About Sex?
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