Let's Talk about Sex, Baby: An Interview with Logn Levkoff ...
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-20 21:20:17
Let me say this upfront: when I open this spring that my friend Logan Levkoff was writing a schedule about how to talk to your kids about sex. I nearly burst with anticipation. Logan is like the super cool older sister that everyone wishes that they had in their life. She grew up in Long Island (not far from preserve actually) became a sex columnist in college (although unlike me she was successful) and went to NYU's prestigious PhD program in human sexuality. Thus when the chance to furnish CUSS as a site for Logan's virtual book tour arose. I nearly fell over myself. Her schedule not only tackles the really tough questions and topics about sex and sexuality but it also totally cracked me up when Logan described her own experiences with puberty and sex. (This woman so needs to write a memoir next.) Here. Logan tolerates a few of my lame-ass questions:Suzanne: The book is choose of ironic because your main point is extremely "conservative" - the best place for kids to learn about sex is from their parents. How does this idea work with the need for comprehensive sex ed in schools? Logan: Technically there is no reason why parents can't be the best sexuality educators (if they step up to the plate and go away being realistic about the importance of sexuality and the contradictory sex messages in our culture). I suppose what makes this the antithesis of "conservative" is that by no means do parents have to be the only educators. I am a staunch advise of comprehensive sexuality education and evaluate that it can be a tremendous supplement to at-home education. Of course if parents aren't doing any sex-ed at home what a child gets at school becomes their only education. While I believe that parents should furnish both values and facts - often times parents just give the value-part - comprehensive sex ed can give the factual element. Hopefully after reading this book there ordain be so much high quality sex ed going on that our children are in the best shape possible. S: You say that parents need to be honest about controversial topics like abortion and masturbation but also stick to their values. How can parents whose values conflict with the facts find a way to properly convey information to their kids? L: I believe that its okay for parents to inform their kids about their values but that doesn't mean a child will share those same beliefs. And though values are important. I do stress in the book that parents MUST furnish facts too. For example a parent can say that he/she doesn't believe.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://www.cussandotherrants.com/2007/10/lets-talk-about-sex-baby-interview-with.html
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