Culture and misinformed children will teach your child all sorts of ignorant views of sex and sexuality if you don't get involved. You have the opportunity to shape your child's view of sexuality. Don't avoid it. Don't make excuses. Seize the opportunity. Taking intentional steps to have these conversations with your child lets them know the door is open for future discussions and honesty about what they are being exposed to.

Each video below is about 4 minutes long so it will not take long to get a grasp of where you should be headed with your child. These videos are for you as a parent, not for your child.

You will find resources to equip your conversations and guide you as a parent at the bottom of this page.

In Part 1, host Jim Daly talks with family counseling expert Danny Huerta and author Jessie Minassian about how to paint sexuality as a beautiful part of God’s plan, which overshadows the counterfeit messages the culture portrays.

In Part 2, Danny Huerta and Jessie Minassian recommend that parents start early — when kids are 4 or 5 years old — talking about the preciousness of the body and how God created us in His image. Sexuality encompasses our whole being — who we are — and not just anatomical parts. By age 7, 8, or 9, your kids are ready to learn about who they are in Christ, along with how their bodies will begin changing before long. In the critical preteen years, Mom and Dad must become the go-to people for questions and knowledge.

In Part 3, Danny Huerta and Jessie Minassian address the moments when parents catch their daughters and sons acting or speaking in ways they haven’t been taught. Fact: preteens pick up ideas, words, and habits from media and other kids. So what now? Be present and ask loving questions. Don’t assume their behavior is willful. Often, there’s something below the surface driving them.

In Part 4, Danny Huerta and Jessie Minassian discuss how to bring humor, affection, and truth to important conversations about God’s design for our bodies, our gender, and sex.

In Part 5, Danny Huerta and Jessie Minassian implore moms and dads to embrace this coming season of adolescence. Set up special moments to talk to your preteens about identity, friendships, emotions, sexuality, and more. These are your kids. No one else has the authority to speak into their lives like you do!

Focus on the Family

Launch into the Teen Years Kit - this resource is discussed in the videos above. It comes with videos so you don't have to know what to say for each lesson. You watch along with your child and then discuss using the Parent guidebook.

Two ways to get this resource

1. Focus on the Family Donation and get the Launch into the Teen Years Kit "free" (Donation of $40 or more) - Click Here
2. Focus on the Family Store ($59.99) - Click Here

Family Life

Passport to Purity Kit - another option. It comes with CDs so you don't have to know what to say for each lesson. You listen along with your child and then discuss and use the Parent guidebook.

Family Life Store is best place to get most updated version ($39.99) - Click Here

Other Parent Resources

YM360 Parent Resource Page - Click Here

Focus on the Family Parent Resource Page - Click Here

Family Life Parent Resource Page - Click Here

Homeword Parent Resource Page - Click Here

Center for Parent and Youth Understanding - cpyu.org

Podcasts for Parents (found where you get Podcasts - Apple Podcast App, Google Podcast App, etc.)

Youth Culture Matters - 1 hour episodes

Youth Culture Today - 1 minute snippets

Focus on Parenting - 15 minute episodes

Family Life Today - 30 minute episodes

Family Life Blended (Blended family focus) - 1 hour episodes