February 24th, 2009
Kids and Parents Talking About the Facts of Life
If we want to effectively teach health to kids, we must give them education that actually changes their behavior. If you want to prevent heart disease it is simply not enough to know about exercise in theory. You need to exercise on a regular basis. We now know a lot about health and there is much we can do to prevent all the major diseases.
When parents decide to talk to their kids about ‘the facts of life’ it usually leads into one of those embarrassing situations (from the children’s point of view) where parents feel it’s their duty to make sure their children know how a baby is made.