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 | I rarely talk about my other work here in this newsletter, but I'm genuinely excited about this so I'm sharing it with all of you. Yesterday my new book, What Makes a Baby, was released by Seven Stories Press. It's the first of three books for young children that re-imagine the way we talk about sexuality, reproduction, and gender. All three books are based on the premise that we all deserve to have stories that reflect our families and ourselves and that also connect us to people around us. Books for kids about sexuality shouldn't feel like text books, and they should be as fun to read for parents as they are for kids. All three books in the series are written and illustrated to work for every kind of family and every kind of kid. They are, simply put, the sex education books I wish I had when I was a kid. I hope you'll have a look, and if you end up getting a copy, please let me know what you think. Next week I promise to return to our regular masturbation month programming! ~ Cory | |
Gratuitous Self-Promotion: My New Book Is Out!
I wrote What Makes a Baby because there wasn't a book like it, and because so many families are left out of most of the books we have that help us talk to kids about reproduction. The book is geared to readers from pre-school to about 8 years old, it teaches curious kids about conception, gestation, and birth in a way that works regardless of whether or not the kid in question was adopted, conceived using reproductive technologies at home or in a clinic, through surrogacy, or the old fashioned way (you know, with two people and some sexual intercourse), and regardless of how many people were involved, their orientation, gender and other identity, or family composition. If you have kids, if you know anyone with kids, or even if you just believe that we all deserve stories that reflect who we are, I hope you'll check it out. Whether you buy a copy or not, I do recommend spending 2 1/2 minutes with our book trailer, the kids in it are amazing.
| How to Talk to Your Kids About Masturbation
In theory you might think that masturbation is a topic that doesn't just come up in conversation, leaving few openings to share information and values about it with your child. But if you're paying attention, it sort of does come up, a lot. There's no right way to do this, but here are three steps to work through on your own that can help you prepare to talk about a basic part of sexuality that is always left out of any school based sex education.
| How to Talk to Your Kids About Pornography
If your child is ever on YouTube, it's time for a talk about pornography. What you say depends entirely on your child, where they are developmentally and how curious they are about sexuality. But it's practically inevitable that they are going to come across porn at some point in their adolescence, and having some good information about what it is (and what it isn't) can help them make sense of something that isn't really for them in the first place.
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