I know we all wish we didn't have to talk about this topic but let me tell you what I told my son and his girlfriend I told them I'm not going to ask you to realistically wait till marriage but what I am going to ask you is that you remember that you only get to give this gift once and you need to give it to somebody who's going to respect you enough to raise your bar because your first relationship or for serious one anyways is going to set the bar for every relationship that you have throughout your life so make sure you always leave someone's bar higher than when you found it
Chapter 1: Sex Ed—The Real Talk, Not the School Video
Scenario:
Your kid comes home after sex ed and says, "So…what's a condom, really?"
You remember the school's version: bananas, giggles, and zero actual info.
What would you do?
Do you dodge the question and hope Google doesn't scar them for life?
Or do you break out the props, tell the truth, and explain that safe sex is about respect—for themselves and their partners?