Good Secrets, Bad Secrets: The Sex Talk Most Parents Skip

About this episode

Elizabeth Urbanowicz discusses how to teach children about the concept of secrets in relation to sex without instilling shame.

How do you teach a young child that sex is private and special without making them feel ashamed of it, and without accidentally training them to keep secrets from you, which is the exact tactic abusers count on? In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz walks through a simple framework Christian parents can use with kids as young as four: the difference between good secrets (protecting something valuable) and bad secrets (trying to cover up sin). She also shares the single rule every parent should teach their child about secrets, and how to respond when your child confesses something hard so they keep coming back to you. If you're looking for help starting the basic sex conversations with your young child, Foundation Worldview's "The Talk"...Made Easy is a three-video resource that walks parents through anatomy, the mechanics of sex, and reproduction. You can find it at foundationworldview.com.

People in this episode

Guest: Elizabeth Urbanowicz

Topics covered

• parenting
• child development
• sexual education
• secrets
• Christian values

Keywords

• sex education
• good secrets
• bad secrets
• Christian parenting
• child safety

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Foundation Worldview

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