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When parents struggle to model healthy sexuality

My teenage son seems to be getting all his information about sex from porn and my wife thinks I should talk to him because 'man to man' but I don't know how to explain healthy sexuality when I'm still figuring out my own relationship with desire and shame.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Unresolved personal shame about sexuality complicates the ability to guide children toward healthy understanding.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Sexual health — the physical dimension?”

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