There comes a time in every parent’s life when one must prepare for “the talk.” And who better to help prepare you than someone who has been having this talk, in its various forms, with hundreds of tweens, teens and parents for more than a decade?
Dr. Karen Rayne is author of several books on the topic of puberty, sex and sexuality, including “Breaking the Hush Factor: Ten Rules for Talking with Teenagers about Sex,” “GIRL: Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You” and “Help Your Kids with Adolescence.” And as executive director of the Austin, Texas-based non-profit Unhushed — with its tagline, “Hard topics the easy way. Sex ed done right.” — Rayne provides sex education, trainings and curriculum for schools and regular ol’ parents, alike.
Here, she shares the wisdom she’s gained from being on the front lines of puberty.