Shameless Leadership 689: Amy Lang: Sex Talks with Tweens
Amy Lang, MA has been a sexual health educator for over 25 years. With her lively, engaging and down-to-earth style she helps parents become comfortable and confident talking to their kids. Amy’s books, online solutions center and podcast, show parents they really can become their kids' go-to birds and bees source. Amy is still married to her first husband and they are getting the hang of parenting their recently launched man-child. She lives in Seattle WA.
Amy was on the show to talk about how to talk to younger kids about bodies a few years ago. This time she is back to talk about how to talk to your tweens about sex. Given that Vinnie turned 10 just a few days ago, I was in desperate need of this convo. Amy is an incredible educator who makes talking about sex one million times easier and more fun than anyone else I know.
Listen in to hear Amy share:
- Why sex talk nearly always falls to the mom as a result of our own conditioning and experiences around sexuality
- How to get tweens to listen to you when you talk about sex and sexuality
- The importance of knowing how to talk about sex with your kids BEFORE you actually engage in conversation
- The importance of knowing your values around sex/sexuality before you talk to your kids about it
- How to make up or redo a conversation if you feel like you made a misstep
- Why we don’t need to worry about giving our kids too much information on sex and sexuality
- How to talk to our kids about sex in an inclusive way that honors a variety of sexual orientations
- Why must talk to your kids about porn - no matter what you think your kid is or is not seeing on the internet
- How to talk to your kids about porn in a really clear way
- Specific steps to take to monitor, filter and bock web exposure
Links mentioned:
- Amy’s Book: Sex Talks with Tweens
- Amy’s Podcast: Just Say This
- Connect with Amy: birdsandbeesandkids.com
- Amy’s first interview on the SMA: Birds and Bees and Kids
- Amy on IG
- Amy on FB
- Bark Parental Control app: Bark.us
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