Should you talk to your 6-year-old about pleasure? And if so, how should you do it?
Sitting in a CarShow Notes
‘Should you talk to your 6-year-old about pleasure?
And if so,
how should you do it?’
The parent who wrote in with this question also said,
‘I can talk about procreation, but I can’t jump to pleasure!
What do I do now?’
This is such a great conversation to have!
Because, if you think about it,
we are so careful, and spend so much time, learning how to talk to our kids
about sperms and eggs and how we make new humans.
But… most sex that humans have, is because sex feels nice!
It’s not to make new babies.
So how on earth do we talk about that?
For more thoughts about this fascinating and complex topic,
about why we should talk about pleasure with our kids starting from when they’re very small,
and scripts and ideas for how to do it,
have a have a listen to this week’s episode.
Ps. This is a gentle reminder of how to support even more connection between you and your growing kid. Because sometimes it’s helpful to be reminded of the things you wanted to talk about in your family, but you’ve forgotten about it in the swirl of family life x
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And is now fixated on the fact that people kiss each other’s private parts if they’re in a relationship.
“Family comes first.’