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#57 Title:
Kids and Sex: Covering the Bases with Logan Levkoff
Special Guest: Logan Levkoff, Sexologist, Relationship Expert, Advice Columnist, and the Author of the best-selling Third Base Ain’t What It Used To Be
Description: This interview is for anyone who wants to better communicate with young people about sexuality! Logan Levkoff, author of Third Base Ain’t What it Used to Be, helps parents stay calm and reasonable while sharing their values, giving realistic advice, and engaging in honest conversations about what’s really going on with boys and girls. Listen in as Logan provides tips on how parents can teach their children to become sexually healthy adults.
Duration: 56:52
Index:
00:39 Introduction: Let's Talk About Sex
02:51 It's in her Blood!
04:26 Challenges of Sex Today
11:37 Giving "The Talk"
26:34 Discussing STD Risks
31:29 The "M" Word
40:37 Porn, Intimacy and Body Image
49:37 About Logan's Book
53:35 Closing Comments
55:23 Closing Track: Black Rain
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“Don’t jump to conclusions. Children who ask you about the right time to have sex aren’t necessarily actively considering it. They are just trying to put many mixed messages about sex into perspective. And that fact that they are asking you is a good thing. They want your advice.” |
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Third Base Ain’t What It Used To Be:
What Your Kids are Learning About Sex Today and
How to Teach Them to Become Sexually Healthy Adults
Cosmopolitan called Logan Levkoff "the Get-it-On Guru with smarts and a straight shooter style." Her hip and healthy attitude about sex education has made her one of the country's most popular figures on the lecture circuit.
In this groundbreaking book she offers invaluable advice for today's parents who are struggling to answer their kids' questions about sex - or just trying to bring up the topic in the first place. Levkoff offers guidance on discussing everything from gender issues, body image, and sexual orientation, to AIDS and abortion.
When it comes to sex, it's a whole new ballgame - and this book shows every parent how to play it by staying calm, communicating both the facts and their values, and engaging in a healthy conversation about what's really going on between boys and girls.Buy the book: Amazon
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Before You Can Get to the Big Topics, You Must Build the Foundation
Chapter 2 Sex and Values: The Tough Questions Are Still Tough . . . And May Be Getting Even Tougher
Chapter 3 Anatomy and Puberty
Chapter 4 Masturbation: Why Boys Do and Some Girls Don’t
Chapter 5 Sexual Orientation
Chapter 6 Sex: Oral, Anal, Vaginal, and None at All
Chapter 7 Sexual Health: What You Need to Know Now
Chapter 8 Pregnancy
Chapter 9 Techno-Sex: Pornography and the Media
Chapter 10 Talking About Sex: Why It’s So Tough
Appendix A: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Appendix B: Contraceptive Options
Appendix C: Resources
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“Don’t forget the best conversations go both ways. If your child asks you a question about sex, you can always use it as an opening to ask questions of them, too.”
About Logan Levkoff
A recognized expert on sexuality and relationships, Logan works to create an environment where people feel comfortable asking (and getting answers to) their most personal questions. Drawing upon over ten years of experience, Logan empowers children, adolescents, and adults to embrace their sexuality and challenge the impractical messages about sexuality that they are exposed to.
Logan frequently appears on television including The Today Show, Oprah, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, VH1, MTV and E! providing candid yet informative insights. In addition to her on-screen appearances, Logan is often featured in other forms of media, serving as a trusted source for publications such as Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, Esquire, Ladies Home Journal, Brides, and Men’s Health. She also penned the sex column for American Health and Fitness magazine, acted as the sexual advice columnist for Ellegirl.com and as the Adolescent Sexual Health Expert on The Sexual Health Network. Currently, Logan writes the sex columns for POZ magazine and MarieClaire.com.
In addition to print media, Logan is a dynamic speaker. She is a spokesperson for Trojan and serves on the Trojan Sexual Health Advisory Council, the Board of Advisors for Fitness and Maximum Fitness magazines, and Parenting Teens Online. To further promote her sex-positive message, Logan has written a contemporary book for parents to help them to understand the role sexuality plays in their children’s lives - Third Base Ain't What it Used to Be: What Your Kids are Learning About Sex Today and How to Teach Them to Become Sexually Healthy Adults.
Logan Levkoff is an AASECT certified sex educator. She received her B.A. in English and her M.S. in Human Sexuality Education from the University of Pennsylvania and is a doctoral candidate in Human Sexuality, Marriage and Family Life Education at New York University. She lives in New York City with her husband and son.
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Related Resources: For Teens
“Don’t take your kids’ statements at face value. If they use a term you don’t understand, ask them to define it. And if their friends use it in front of you, ask them, too!”
Related Resources: For Parents
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“Be clear with your children. If you make a blanket statement without
backing it up, teens are less likely to buy into it.”
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