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Not surprisingly, parents talk more often, and in a more natural and open way, when they feel confi dent. As<br />
well as looking at what the research advises, we asked parents what they want to know in order to feel more<br />
confi dent. Parents said:<br />
1. We want knowledge<br />
• I just want to know what’s normal, what to expect with my kids.<br />
• How much is ‘too much’ information for my children?<br />
2. We want to know how to share our values with our children<br />
• Do you ostracise your child, who has come home with his girlfriend and has always been very open<br />
and all the rest of it? … You want to keep that relationship right with everyone. But when it’s suddenly<br />
thrust upon you and you haven’t got a <strong>book</strong> or a website to go to…<br />
• How do I encourage talking about sex, without encouraging them to have sex?!<br />
3. We want to know how to keep communication going<br />
• What age do we start talking? What do I say? What is the right thing to say?<br />
• I want to talk but she doesn’t!<br />
4. How do we deal with all the sexual information (on TV, Internet, billboards, schoolyards, etc?)<br />
• Kids have access to so much more information than … we ever did, and … do now. Because,<br />
as a general rule, we don’t sit down and google sex …<br />
<strong>Talk</strong> soon. <strong>Talk</strong> often. provides some information on some of these issues, as well as a chance to decide your<br />
own position on a range of issues to do with sex and relationships.<br />
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