If you’re a young woman, you may embrace your sexuality. You know your sexual feelings are healthy and beautiful, nothing to be ashamed of. You know how awesome your body is and how wonderful it can feel. Just like the guys, you’re free to experiment with both relational and casual sex. Having the option for […]
What Family Holidays Can Teach You About Your Partner
As we approach the holiday season, you may be spending more time than usual with your family of origin and with your partner’s family. Whether you’re in a new dating relationship or a long marriage, you can use the holidays as a chance to learn more about your significant other. In a dating relationship, you’re […]
Caught between “Uptight” and “Slut”
It’s a tough time to be a teenager. That’s true in a lot of ways, of course. But one big challenge for girls, especially, is navigating the mixed messages they get from peers about sex. On the one hand, a girl who sleeps with too many partners may be called a “slut”—whatever “too many” means […]
TalkStarter for Couples: Taking Talks Deeper
Do you and your honey talk? Like, really talk, so you feel you know what’s going on in each other’s heads and hearts? For some couples, this comes naturally. Talking about the stuff that matters leads to wonderful, deep connection. Knowing what’s really going on with your partner makes it much less likely that you’ll […]
When’s the Best Time to Teach “the Birds and the Bees”?
Maybe you haven’t yet had “The Talk” and you’re looking for the right opportunity. Maybe you’re planning to wait for a couple more years. Maybe your kid should be a little older…. Maybe you’ve talked a little about the birds and the bees, but it’s so dang awkward you’d rather not go into more detail…at […]
3 Things You Must Know Before You Commit
When you’re in love, you’re happy. You see all the great things about your darling. Even things that might irritate you if other people did them are endearing when your honey does them. It’s just great. Finally you’ve found the one. And you think about taking it to the next level. At the risk of […]
TalkStarter: Is “Naked” the Same as “Nude”?
Recently I ran across a quote from an artist and writer that got me thinking. In his essay Ways of Seeing, on art criticism, the late John Berger said the following: “To be naked is to be oneself. To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognized for oneself. A […]
When Your Daughter Develops Early
If I had the chance to live my life over but had to go through junior high again, I’d pass. The stage that’s now called middle school is a brutal one. Puberty plus jockeying for social power equals a hot mess that can be painful for almost everyone. That age can be particularly hard for […]
Parenting an LGBTQ Kid in Volatile Times
If your child is (or might be) transgender, gay, or another sexual minority, these are challenging times. Announcements out of Washington seem to be dialing back legal progress and social acceptance for the LGBTQ community. Recent tweets about transgender people in the military are just one part of a pattern that can be unsettling for […]
The Uses and Abuses of “Hurt”
You hear all the time that someone is hurt by someone else’s words or actions. You may feel hurt yourself. It feels lousy to hurt, and most of us want to avoid hurting others. So if someone says you’ve done something hurtful, you must have done something wrong. Right? Well, it depends. There are several […]
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