The Talk Quotes

“understood the world as much as possible through description rather than judgment,”
― Alice Dreger, The Talk: Helping Your Kids Navigate Sex in the Real World

“conveying the message that sexual touching requires consent, you’re obviously conveying values and judgments. And”
― Alice Dreger, The Talk: Helping Your Kids Navigate Sex in the Real World

“Masturbation is common, sex is a normal part of adult life, and we can talk about it without fear. By”
― Alice Dreger, The Talk: Helping Your Kids Navigate Sex in the Real World

“Doing this in the context of this very descriptive book about the human body conveyed the message “This is just a natural part of your body.”
― Alice Dreger, The Talk: Helping Your Kids Navigate Sex in the Real World

“How It Works: The Human Body, by Kate Barnes and Steve Weston. It’s a children’s “atlas of the human body”
― Alice Dreger, The Talk: Helping Your Kids Navigate Sex in the Real World

“The teacher didn’t make people with disabilities out to be heroes or sad stories. It was just a description of the world in which people with disabilities were real and present.”
― Alice Dreger, The Talk: Helping Your Kids Navigate Sex in the Real World

“People who judge you all the time are not people you go to with real questions and problems. Starting”
― Alice Dreger, The Talk: Helping Your Kids Navigate Sex in the Real World