Author and sex education expert, Dr. Karen Rayne is a wealth of information and has developed specific and actionable strategies to help you talk to your kids and teens about sex and other difficult topics. In this episode, Karen and Jess discuss:

How to talk to teens about breakups, sex, sexting, risk-taking
The “one question” rule to revolutionize conversations about sex
Specific “rules” for talking to teens
10 steps to break the “hush factor” when it comes to sex
The benefits of considering yourself a “contractor” when it comes to your teen
How to ensure that your child/teen feel supported and come to you during times of need, distress and crisis
Sexting - essential rules, approaches and considerations
How to stay cool when your teen is riling you up
Considerations related to how much space and autonomy to give your teen

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Specific Strategies for Talking to Teens About Sex, Sexting & More

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You're listening to the sacs with Dr Jasser podcast sacks and relationship advice you can use tonight Hey Jessica Riley here your friendly neighborhood sexologist. And today I am joined by Dr Karen Rain the Executive Director of on on hushed an author and educator. You do all the things in sex education with folks of all ages but with a focus on young people and parents. Yeah yeah I would say so. And part of the reason I don't focus a lot on adults is because they're really hard to reach and so I have plans in the works long-term plans. Do you think adults need more. Sex Education may be even more than teens. Do you think think we ended up in a place where we think because we're mature or because we have experienced. We don't need the formal education. Yeah or people think that. Oh like I got that when when I was a teenager as much as I needed and Not Recognizing that things change as you get older bodies change what you want out of a relationship. Changes is what you don't want on her relationship. Changes like everything evolves and continues to evolve are learning about sexuality and relationships needs to continue through as a life life-span learning process one pattern. I observe with parents is that oftentimes you didn't receive sex education. You needed when you were younger as we know In many cases it was entirely absent. And then your kid or your team comes to you with an issue or they don't come to you but you observe from the sideline the and then you have to do the learning in order to be the teacher in some ways and so I'm thinking of a couple of scenarios lately where some parents texted me and they're fourteen fifteen year old in in these cases daughters are either sexting and I know sexting abroad term means lots of different things but sending sexy messages suggestive tax even some sexy photos not not nudes in these cases. And they're freaking out. They're really concerned. They see it as a moral issue is an ethical issue. They see this as something that could potentially ruin their daughters lives. And as much as I you know we can understand that visceral reaction that yo...