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Should sex be something a child is educated about with their parents?
The Doctors welcome sexual health instructor Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski and parenting expert Dr. Deborah Gilboa to explain how kids can benefit from learning about sex in the presence of their parents.
Some middle schoolers are doing just that due to remote learning and Dr. Podgurski teaches an online sex-ed class with students and their parents. And if you are wondering if this is ever awkward, Dr. Podgurski tells us, "It doesn't have to be."
"I want them to be able to go to their parents and say, 'My body is doing this and I don't get it,'" she says of one of the goals of her class.
Dr. Gilboa calls this parent and child combo class "fantastic," but notes only if this is not the first time the child has discussed sex. She says most kids will have already heard about all of these topics by middle school, but she hopes parents are the child's "first stop" when they have questions about sex, relationships, and their development.
As for parents who are nervous about having these conversations with their kids, Dr. Gilboa notes most parents have been discussing these topics in a sense for most of their child's life, explaining when we teach a child things like having to wear clothes outside of the house, where the appropriate places you can touch someone else's body, and why they need to knock on a closed bathroom door that these are building block conversations leading up to being able to openly discuss something like sex. She explains these types of conversations and topics build trust and credibility.
If a child feels awkward discussing sex in front of their parent, Dr. Gilboa suggests using whatever lines of communication they feel most comfortable with. One approach is to read or view the sex-ed material separately and then write down questions and answers in order to avoid having to verbally discuss it. She says what is most important is a child understands the facts and science about sex and says parents should ask their child which approach makes them feel most comfortable.
In the video below, hear from a parent who took Dr. Podgurski's class with her daughter and says it helped open lines of communication between them.
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