the talk

My Kid Skipped The “Where did I come from?” Question!!!

September 24, 2010

My girls (We’ll call them Marcia & Cindy) know that I’m studying sex at school. Actually, when you Marcia tell it, she says her mom is “studying people’s bodies”, which I guess is age-appropriate. Anyway, I have a number of “school supplies” in my home and, because my focus is helping parents talk with their children [...]

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…with a Bullet

September 22, 2010

True Story.  This is how it all started: I’m in the bathroom one morning brushing my teeth. In walks my eight-year-old Marcia. She is bored because she’s already ready for school and she’s looking for something to pass the time. She absentmindedly opens a drawer where the hairbrushes are and sees my bullet vibrator (I [...]

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Introduction to The MamaSutra

September 21, 2010

So this is it. I’m blogging some of the crazy, hilarious, poignant and precocious conversations that I’ve been having with my eight- and six-year-old daughters and other parents, mostly mothers. Some of these conversations have been awkward, but all of them have been learning opportunities. Teaching moments if you will. To give you a little [...]

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