My Kid Really Doesn’t Want “The Talk”

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

On this episode: Jamilah, Zak and Elizabeth help a listener whose son is at the perfect age to learn about the birds and the bees. There’s just one problem: he really doesn’t want to know. We’ll help our listener with some strategies for communicating the important stuff, while still respecting a shy kid’s limits. We’ll also circle up for a round of triumphs and fails. Join us on Facebook and email us at [email protected] to ask us new questions, tell us what you thought of today’s show, and give us ideas about what we should talk about in future episodes. You can also call our phone line: (646) 357-9318. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Care and Feeding. Sign up now at slate.com/careplus to help support our work. Podcast produced by Maura Currie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:19.0	This episode may contain explicit language.
0:21.0	Welcome to Karen Feeding. explicit language. It's very short and it's called the best advice show. I am dad to seven-year-old
0:33.7	Noah and four-year-old Ami. We live in Amsterdam. I'm Elizabeth New Camp. I write the
0:39.2	family travel blog Dutch Dutch Goose. I'm the mom to Henry who's 12, Oliver who's 10, and Teddy who's 8. We live in Tokyo, Japan.
0:46.5	I'm Jemilla Lemieu. I'm a writer, contributor to Sla's Care and Pleading Parenting
0:51.3	Parenting Column and mom to Naima who's 11 and we live in Los Angeles.
0:55.6	But I'm in New York.
0:57.2	Today on the show we're taking a question about how to talk about sex with a kid who just
1:01.9	doesn't want to talk about sex.
1:04.0	This 11 year old won't ask questions and even leaves the room
1:06.7	if the talk seems imminent.
1:08.6	We'll brainstorm on what might get the conversation started
1:11.6	and whether this is even really a problem.
1:13.6	And then of course we'll circle up for a round of triumphs and fails.
1:16.7	So let's get going.
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