We promised our kids early and often: You can tell us anything. We won’t freak out. You can’t shock us. Nothing is a deal breaker, and everything is up for discussion. We primed the pump by broaching plenty of sticky conversations ourselves: • Who is already having sex in your grade? • What about God do you have trouble believing? • How do you and your gay friends talk about sexuality? • What do you struggle with? • What have you heard lately that you don’t understand? • What questions do you have about your own body? Obviously these
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