Why I Have The Sex Talk With My Teens All The Time

Plus, 3 Toxic Behaviors That Even Kids Should Recognize %2F%2Fwww.scarymommy.com%2F%3Futm_campaign=21318%26utm_medium=scaryMommyDaily%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=33bffe7e-9403-4594-a37e-5a45d2b75c10/1/0100017edb6804a7-cf1e20bb-2385-43ea-a8c2-2ad88f80b994-000000/X0yGKCE_NqwEpiQboA-hxybhvwo=257 %2F%2Fwww.scarymommy.com%2Fsex-talk-teens%2F%3Futm_campaign=21318%26utm_medium=scaryMommyDaily%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=33bffe7e-9403-4594-a37e-5a45d2b75c10/1/0100017edb6804a7-cf1e20bb-2385-43ea-a8c2-2ad88f80b994-000000/AFfsqof2N1cGJGXZcMUFrTwPOoY=257 [Why I Have The Sex Talk With My Teens All The Time](%2F%2Fwww.scarymommy.com%2Fsex-talk-teens%2F%3Futm_campaign=21318%26utm_medium=scaryMommyDaily%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=33bffe7e-9403-4594-a37e-5a45d2b75c10/2/0100017edb6804a7-cf1e20bb-2385-43ea-a8c2-2ad88f80b994-000000/Qbuz5w5BRL_68KedYGxU_VhZHMs=257) I wanted my son to hear the real way to have sex and I wanted him to hear it from me. I figured I could take the opportunity to tell him since we were already halfway there, or I could wait and hope for the best. Our talk was short and sweet and he wasn’t uncomfortable at all. It was then I realized that I’d need to talk to him and his siblings about sex even more when they got older because that’s when, as a kid, I needed the most information about it. Here’s why the sex talk is hardly a one-time-only chat in our house. 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