Talking with your kids about sex may not be easy but its important and its never too early to start you can make a big difference in helping them stay healthy and make good choices as they grow up it may be hard to know where to start especially if your parents didnt talk to you about sex when you were growing up the following tips and strategies can help what do i say kids . The comedian whose diaries of his years as a junior doctor became a bestseller talks about the astonishing efforts of the nhs in 2020 and his new guide to the body for children. Parents can help foster healthy feelings about sex if they answer kids questions in an age appropriate way when do kids start becoming curious about their bodies from as early as infancy kids are interested in learning about their own bodies they notice the differences between boys and girls and are naturally curious toddlers often will touch their own genitals when theyre naked such . Most of the time we can prepare for the big talks with our kids we can research and plan how to talk to them about everything from sex to porn from lgbtq issues to racism but then out of nowhere something unexpected and deeply upsetting happens in the news a devastating hurricane a mass shooting a mob breaking its way into our nations capitol building. Conversations about sex and masturbation not only give you an opportunity to share accurate information with your kid theyre also an opportunity to talk about your values your values influence how you talk about it so think ahead of time about what messages you want to send its also a good idea to talk about these values with any co parents or caretakers so youre all on the same