How difficult is it to be a parent in 2025? 

A new survey of over 5500 parents in the UK aims to answer that question. Let’s take a look ⬇️

✴️ 1 in 10 parents say it’s difficult to talk to their kid about gender identity
✴️ 3 in 10 parents say it’s difficult to talk to their kid about porn
✴️ 1 in 4 parents say it’s difficult to talk to their kid about sex

Would you agree?

When a parent tells me, “explaining sex isn’t that hard! It’s a natural and normal thing that humans do in order to keep our species alive!” I clarify with them about what they’re actually talking about!

Because they’re not talking about The Sex Talk. They’re talking about the Where do Babies Come From Talk - which you don’t need to say the word sex (and I don’t recommend you to!) when having this talk.

This is the biggest mistake I see parents making when it comes to having the talks. Parents are smushing together The Where do Babies Come From Talk and The Sex Talk and it’s a disservice to your kid!

Kids are totally interested in how babies grow and develop! They are fascinated to learn that a sperm cell and egg cell are so tiny - yet become a human baby! There’s a lot to cover during the The Where do Babies Come From Talk that there’s no need to talk about sex! Because remember - sex isn’t the only way a sperm and egg come together!

So it makes me wonder, would this survey’s results of 1 in 4 parents saying it’s difficult to talk to their kid about sex be higher if it was separated into 2 questions? 

The first question being: Is it difficult to talk to their kid about reproduction?
The second question being: Is it difficult to talk to their kid about sex?

From my professional observation working with many parents, I find that most parents are quite comfortable answering the question “Where do Babies Come From?” when they know that this question can happen at any point in the Primary age. When they expect this question at an early age, they simply learn what to say and feel confident saying it. 

But… it’s really hard for parents to talk about sex when they never expected their 8 year-old to ask, “What’s sex?” Most parents don’t know that many kids ask this question at some point during the Intermediate age. So when their kid asks it, they’re usually caught off guard and just start talking about Where Babies Comes From. By smushing these talks together, they’ve now associated sex with only vaginal sex and there’s no room to layer this answer age-appropriately.

But it’s an easy fix! Learn to separate The Where do Babies Come From Talk from the Sex Talk. If you’re not sure how to go about doing that - grab my free Sex Talks Starter Pack or if you’ve already downloaded that - watch this lesson preview to learn how to layer the talks in Top Talks over the next few years!

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