Episode 41

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25th Apr 2023

The Birds and the Bees! With Saskia Boujo

*Trigger warning – we talk openly about relationships and sex in this podcast* 

Saskia is a sex education and relationship teacher – she delivers classes in school as well as talking to parents about what foundations to put in place at home.  

This episode is longer than usual (and we could have gone on talking!), but we had so much to cover on such an important topic.  Amongst other things we chatted with Saskia about: 

  • Parents being an invaluable source of information for children. 
  • Having a ‘long lense’ on the conversation – it doesn’t all need to be talked about at once. 
  • Our own experiences of sex education – who remembers having ‘the talk’?! 
  • The importance of using the correct terminology for anatomy from a young age. 
  • Making the topic part of every day conversation and some ideas of how to frame conversations as well as places that it can be easier to have them (in the car etc) 
  • Remembering to talk about other ways that babies can be made (eg IVF, surrogacy etc) 
  • Always answering questions even if you need someone to help you. 
  • What to do when children become aware of their own bodies and start to explore their ‘private parts’. 
  • Whether Saskia ever gets embarrassed talking about sex? 

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