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[quote=Anonymous]OP I haven't read the book but I'm interested in Orenstein's points (and have read some shorter pieces which I've discussed with my DH).

My kids are young, 8 (boy) and 5 (girl).  So apart from using anatomically correct language and remaining generally "body positive" we haven't talked about much yet.

I had consensual, caring sex for the first time at age 15 and I actually do wish I'd waited.  I very likely would have had sex with the same boy under similar circumstances so it's not that I have regrets there but rather that I threw myself heart and soul into a very serious relationship when I was in many ways still a child.

And while I would have been mortified had my mom wanted to chat about masturbation, I often longed for an adult who could have helped me navigate the heady waters of love, sex, relationships, self-worth/validation, etc... Even if I can't be that person for my own daughter or son I hope to be having conversations with them about a decade before my mom did so with me. [/quote]

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