“Don’t call it a pee-pee or a hoo-hah.”

Talking with your children about sex.

Photo by Jelleke Vanooteghem on Unsplash

As a clinician in private practice, one of the phrases that I frequently hear myself saying to parents is this: “Please don’t call it a pee-pee or hoo-hah.” Yes, this may well be one of the silliest phrases that I ever say, but it illustrates my point about talking to our children about sex: be honest, without shame. And perhaps part…