Category Archives: Talking about Sexuality with Kids

A lesbian couple’s daughter deflects questions about sleeping arrangements.

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I have a ten-year-old daughter who has a hard time answering her friends when they ask the question, “Do your moms sleep in the same bed?”

She is choosing to fib and say that one of us sleeps on the couch. Most of the parents of our daughter’s friends know about our two-mom house, however many of those parents have not talked to their own children about it. What’s the best approach? Continue reading A lesbian couple’s daughter deflects questions about sleeping arrangements.

Talking about (more than) “the birds and the bees”

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I am a gay dad of two boys, ages 10 and 13. I came out to them a year ago when their mother and I separated. We are struggling to find the right way to discuss sexuality with our sons as they hit adolescence, given the fact that they have a gay dad.

Should we proceed differently than we otherwise might? Continue reading Talking about (more than) “the birds and the bees”