Cece joins us fresh out of her 6 th grade Sex Education curriculum and offers insight and feedback on ways to make the process more comfortable, effective, and accurate. We also talk about the challenges of body image and learning to embrace both our flaws and strengths. Cece opens up about her experience as a bi-racial individual navigating school, life, and the current political climate.

What She Shares: The good, the bad, and the lovely of having a sex educator for a mom
What Sex Ed is like in a modern 6 th grade classroom
What it’s like being the student with accurate information
Her journey with body image
Growing up bi-racially with a white mother

What You’ll Hear:

Making sex education more comfortable through authentic connection
Calling for curriculum updates that meet kids at their level
Learning about puberty from a 1980’s film
Untangling the bits of truth from the ball of misinformation in sex ed curriculum
Sex ed still does not cover the days in a woman’s cycle when she’s actually fertile
The lack of discussion around period products

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