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The talk: police

Among the things adults need to talk to kids about is, for better or worse, how to interact with police.[…]

This is a topic that’s particularly vexing for me. My parents totally bungled it, doing far worse than saying nothing,[…]

I’ve written a bunch in recent days about “the talk.” When most people imagine “the talk,” I think we picture[…]

I’ve been writing about the topic of talking about sex with kids, and it occurs to me, porn is kind[…]

When I asked for people’s thoughts, I got a bunch. Here, I’d like just to respond to a couple of[…]

I’ve been writing about “the talk.” Shortly, I’m going to be doing a similar post about porn. Anything you think[…]

No one ever had “the talk” with me. My parents were, in many ways, quite up front and comfortable with[…]

I’m thinking about “the talk,” you know, the one parents supposedly have with their kids about sex. I’m working on[…]

Julia Sweeney has “The Talk.”