I recently watched Titanic with my kids. It’s such an epic movie. I can honestly say that I love it. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are both so hunky, young and vibrant. And that ship! It’s so big, and fancy, and doomed! There’s a scene in the movie where the two of them have sex. … Continue Reading »
Most kids (please tell me it’s not just mine) have a trigger-happy response to many of the things we attempt to communicate to them. ’I know I know’ often flies out of the mouths of my young ones. If claims of ‘I know’ have shut us down in the past, made us feel like the … Continue Reading »
I remember learning that boys at my sleepover camp were playing a game they called Cum on a Cookie. Another name for it is a Circle Jerk. For those of you who have not had the good fortune to learn about this game, essentially a bunch of male-bodied people get in a circle and masturbate. … Continue Reading »
Something wasn’t right with the skin on my kid’s penis. It was red, dry and peeling and though not itchy or sore, it was bugging him and our efforts to get on top of it with this or that cream weren’t working so off to the family doctor we went. On route, I explained that … Continue Reading »
Last week I saw Isabella Rossellini perform her show called Green Porno. It’s part evolutionary biology, part experimental film and all sex ed. Quite the combo! Bella, as I like to call her now, explains in her one-woman show that she loves animals and has always been fascinated with biodiversity. The model, actor and child … Continue Reading »
I write all the time about talking to kids about sex. But the truth is, for many parents finding ways to broach the subject can feel super awkward and weird. Once you are IN the conversation, it goes swimmingly, but getting there can be tough. Maybe you can’t find the right segue or you get … Continue Reading »
My parents moved me to an all girls learning environment for high school because, in part, they could see that I was going to be very distracted by boys. I was still distracted – but maybe less so. Maybe I was mostly distracted on the weekends. Oh, those distracting weekends! This article, in a very … Continue Reading »
There has been a lot of hullabeloo about Ontario’s new sex ed curriculum. So much debate and discussion about its value, relevance and appropriateness, even though, within Canada anyway, these sex ed changes merely make Ontario more in line with the other provinces. Brilliant things like this change.org petition, initiated by two young women, grew … Continue Reading »
“This Girl Did This After The Boy At School Twanged Her Bra. What Followed Is Gold.” This headline and its corresponding story have been circulating in my social media streams for the last week. I’m prepared to celebate any person who defends a woman being harrassed and I particularly like reading about individuals who call … Continue Reading »
Last week I got a call from a parent. She was beside herself as she explained that she had discovered that her barely 7 year old daughter was looking at porn. Many of us might have a judgey thought or two about monitoring computer time or using parental controls but let’s face it, today, all … Continue Reading »
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