How to Talk to Your Kids about Safe Sex

How to talk to your kids about sexual issues can present certain challenges. First, the subject itself can be awkward. However, if you have an open door policy in your house, it may not be too problematic. It is important to have this discussion with your kids as soon as it seems appropriate. Discussing safe sex is an essential component of sexual education and one of the main responsibilities of parents which should not be taken lightly.

Step 1: Be Realistic and Casual

Don't make a big deal about the subject of safe sex with your

Dear Moms Of Adopted Children: I Know Nothing You Have Was Easy

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Kathy Lynn Harris

I recognize the fierce determination. The grit. The fight.

Dear Mom of an Adopted Child,

I met you in adoption education class. I met you at the agency. I met you at my son's school. I met you online. I met you on purpose. I met you by accident.

It doesn't matter. The thing is, I knew you right away. I recognize the fierce determination. The grit. The fight. Because everything about what you have was a decision and nothing about what you have was easy.

You are the kind of woman who Makes. Things. Happen. After all, you made this happen, this family you have.

Maybe you prayed for

Sexy Phrases GUARANTEED To Get Him All Hot And Bothered

In — or out — of the bedroom!
Having a large repertoire of dirty phrases that you can use on your man is important if want to keep things exciting in the bedroom (and outside the bedroom) — it's scientifically proven that dirty talk works to increase sexual pleasure.
Below are 17 dirty talking phrases that you can use on your man during sex right now, whether you are in bed, you are sending him a text message, you're on the phone, or you are both walking down a crowded street.
But before I give you each of these phrases, there are a few crucial things that you must know about talking dirty to your man and making it work. This is simply because there is just no point in learning the words if you don't know how to use them properly. Let me explain.
First, Know HOW To Do It ...

Things She Does When You're Not Home

She's frequently naked—but that's not all

When you’re out of the house, things might get a little freaky—and we’re not just talking about your girlfriend’s solo sessions with her vibrator.
“We try to be the best version of ourselves around our man,” says DeAnna Lorraine, a Los Angeles-based dating coach. “So as soon as he leaves, we binge on weird behaviors that we’re afraid would turn him off.”
But it’s not just pimple-popping that happens once you’re off the property. Your girlfriend may also indulge in a few rebellious—and sometimes sexy—pleasures.

“Being a ‘good girl’ can feel like a straitjacket,” says life coach Sasha Cagen, author of Quirky Alone. “So when a woman is alone, she can be bad, and do the things she’s not supposed to do.”
Here’s what she might be up to

Intersting Way to Clean Your Ass

From wiping to washing, here’s your complete guide to “down under” hygiene

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Do you know how to wipe your butt?

It seems like a silly question, since you’ve likely been wiping your butt longer than you’ve been able to write your own name. But if we’re all doing it the right way, then why are skidmarks a common occurrence?

If you’ve had an embarrassing incident with skidmarks, even once in a rare while, it’s time to take a closer look at your butt-wiping technique.

Dr. Joel Krachman, MD, the Chief of Gastroenterology for New Jersey-based AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, says there aren’t any hard and fast rules when it comes to wiping—except that you probably shouldn’t do it hard and fast. Up or down, paper folded or bunched, all the methods offer the

Ways to Stop Sweating After Your Workout

Squeezing a workout into your jam-packed day is only half the battle. You also have to figure out how to jet from the gym to your desk without showing up drenched in sweat.
Avoid being the sticky guy at the office with these tips from Mike Tipton, Ph.D., a thermoregulation expert at the University of Portsmouth in the U.K.

Control Your Shower Temperature
As soon as you finish your workout, jump in the shower and keep the water right below your body temperature. Hot temps just add to your

Things You Totally Don't Need to Pack in Your Hospital Bag

 

When it comes to figuring out exactly what to pack in your hospital bag, the Internet is chock-full of ideas for you. But while reading some of these lists — and after having two babies of my own — I am inclined to believe that many of these people have never actually given birth or are chronic over-packers.
I get it — I am sort of a chronic over-packer myself, who lives and dies by the motto that it’s better to be over-prepared than under-prepared. But unless you want to look like a tourist embarking on a tropical vacation when you arrive at the hospital or birth center with your entourage of luggage, you should probably reconsider some of those items in your bag.
These are just a few things that (in my humble opinion) are pretty unnecessary to pack in your hospital bag.

1. Your laptop

Fertility in easy way

 

I remember being a teenager when my Mom first assured me that I would be extremely fertile, and that I had “good birthing hips.” I’m sure as a teenager I was horrified to hear such things.
When I actually got married, I was in no hurry to get pregnant. My husband and I waited four years to travel, finish up school, and be “ready,” although no one is ever really ready. When it was time to start trying, I remembered what my Mom had told me my whole life: It would be easy. But, I also worried because I married into a family where there were fertility issues. Would my husband have problems if I didn’t?
When we were finally ready, it took me four months to conceive. I remember a little pang of disappointment each time the test came up negative. But when it came up positive, we were elated. Two-and-a-half years later, when we were ready for our second, I got pregnant on the first try. It was “easy.”
By the time I was ready to try for my third though, I was living closer to the family that struggled with the fertility issues. And, when, like clockwork, I got pregnant on the first try once again, I found myself afraid to

Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace

 

I was terrified to tell my news director I was pregnant with my second child. My baby’s due date was right in the middle of sweeps, that all-important month when TV audience size is measured and news stations set the cost for advertisements on their station.
Vacation days during sweeps are forbidden and, although it isn’t legally enforceable, anyone who’s ever worked in a newsroom knows sick days are strongly discouraged. You can imagine how well the executive producer of the evening newscast turning up pregnant with a due date in the middle of sweeps went over.
Luckily, my news director was nothing but congratulatory. There was a brief, uncomfortable moment when the station manager lamented my poor pregnancy timing instead of congratulating me; he was kidding, but not really. I felt guilty and ended up working right up until I went into labor because I felt intense pressure to perform.
But my experience was minor compared to what many women are

Photos of Fitness Trainer’s Show That a Healthy Pregnancy Looks Different for Everyone

Image Source: Chontel Duncan

Earlier this year, an Instagram photo shared by Chontel Duncan — a 27-year-old fitness trainer from Bisbane, Australia — went viral. You may even remember it: In the photo, Duncan bumped her pregnant belly against the also pregnant belly of her friend Nat, to show just how differently women can carry their babies. Duncan was 21.5 weeks pregnant with her first child at the time, while her friend Nat was four weeks further along in her third pregnancy.
While many of Duncan’s followers applauded her for posting the photo, she also caught a fair amount of flack for it, and some even questioned whether she and her baby were healthy.
Now, several weeks after giving birth to a

Dad's Clever Trick for "Breastfeeding" His Daughter

 

Returning to work after having a baby is often a challenging time for mothers, and that transition can be even more difficult when the mom is breastfeeding. As if finding a place to pump in the workplace and transporting bags of breastmilk home isn’t hard enough, sometimes a baby refuses to take a bottle and only wants the breast — which can be frustrating not just for the mother, but for the father as well. Moms need a break now and then, and dads (contrary to all the negative stereotypes out there) want to be involved in the feeding process.
Luckily, a creative father from Florida just might have found the most ingenious solution of all baby-only-wants-mama’s-breast challenge.
When Chris Allen’s fiancé returned to work, the new father knew he needed to step up to the plate and take over feeding duties for their daughter Destiny, who had been