{"id":2899,"date":"2022-10-04T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/ccf\/?p=2899"},"modified":"2022-08-09T19:51:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T00:51:19","slug":"how-you-talk-with-your-child-about-sex-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/ccf\/2022\/10\/04\/how-you-talk-with-your-child-about-sex-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW You Talk with Your Child about Sex Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Mother is talking to daughter<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Talking with your children about sex is important in setting them up for healthy sexual development, but it\u2019s also really hard work! It can be difficult to know what information your children need from you if you\u2019re not sure where they are at with their own sexual feelings, behaviors, and concerns. You may wonder: \u201cIs my child sexually active or just spending romantic time with her girlfriend?\u201d or \u201cDoes my child have questions or insecurities about their body I\u2019m not aware of?\u201d or \u201cIs the information I\u2019ve provided my child enough for where he\u2019s at in his development?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This is where our research comes in! We wanted to know if how often parents talked with teens about sex, and how open they were during these conversations was related to how much the child would open up to parents about their sexual feelings, concerns, and behaviors. We wanted to know so we could provide tips for parents on how to potentially help their child feel like they can open up about these topics.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Our Study<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We surveyed 603 pairs of mothers and their teenage children ages 12-17. We asked each of them questions about how often they talk about sex-related topics together (frequency)<\/strong> and the level of communication openness of these conversations (openness).<\/strong> More open conversations were more comfortable, interactive, honest, and involved the mother actively listening to the teenage child. We also asked about how often the teenager deliberately told their mom about their sexual feelings, concerns, and behaviors (disclosure)<\/strong> and how often they kept secrets related to sex from their mom (secret keeping).<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Our analysis showed that:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n