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I just this morning opened a new book, Sacred Economics: Money, gift & society in the age of transition by Charles Eisenstein. (You can read the entire thing online, as well as watch a video that I haven’t watched yet, on that website.) Opening a new book like this – one that is outside of …
There is something about subtlety around adolescence and sexuality and sex education that I see as problematic in the culture of advice and guidance from professionals. I have had an experience of sitting in eight hours of talks from Dr. Sharon Maxwell this week. I have heard from her that parents should look inward to …
My first college summer class teaching human sexuality starts today. I’ve taught summer school before, but it’s generally been developmental psychology or educational psychology or one of those other topics I teach on occasion. Experiencing a classroom that is focused on sex is just different than other topics, and so I wonder what this whip-lash …
This is actually an old post. But I have had many requests for it again recently, and so thought it was worth bumping back up to the front for a day. And yes, this is something to show your teenagers if you think they’re thinking about starting to – or have already started – having …
Thank you to everyone for your great comments about my This I Believe series. I really enjoyed reading your reactions, and I’ve changed some of what I wrote to incorporate your good ideas. I’ve posted the edited series permanently on it’s own page so new readers can see where I stand. If you didn’t read …
Hello! And welcome to Part 3 in a 3-part series on: What I Think About Parents and Sex Education! On Tuesday I introduced the series, and today I’m talking about my third point: Sex is not all bad. Even for teenagers. In order to maintain credibility, parents have to acknowledge that fact. This is a …
Hello! And welcome to part 2 in a 3-part series on: What I Think About Parents and Sex Education! Today I’m talking about the second point that parents need to explicitly acknowledge: Everyone has sex. Not all teenagers. But all teenagers do need to learn the facts about sex. It’ll come in useful at some …
Hello! And welcome to Part 1 in a 3-part series on: What I Think About Parents and Sex Education! Yesterday I introduced the series, and today I’m talking about my first point: Parents have to talk to their kids about sex. Before the kids start asking. Because otherwise it’s too late. If you’re already ready …