<em>Big Little Lies </em>and the Painful Truths of a Parent-Child Talk
In the second episode of the show’s new season, Jane does the thing she has been desperately reluctant to do.
This article contains spoilers through Season 2, Episode 2 of Big Little Lies.
In the fall of 2017, in response to the expansion of the #MeToo movement, a series of articles sprang up advising parents how to talk to their children about sexual assault. Start the conversations when the kids are young, the articles commonly advised. Acknowledge that the conversations mightThe advice varied, but one thing they shared was an air of resignation about the topic at hand: Parents might not be able to protect their kids from the world, the articles suggested, but at least they could help to prepare them for its sad realities.
