In Part II of this mother-daughter sex ed series, I talk to House of Puff founder & CEO Kristina Lopez Adduci about growing up in Dr. Salas-Lopez’s house & talking openly about sex with your mom from a doctor’s perspective, the pitfalls of getting sex ed in a catholic school, the importance of being able to ask adults questions in sex ed, having all your friends come to your mom for sex ed, how learning about bodily autonomy leads to confidence, the lasting benefits we get from quality sex education, the importance of LGBTQ inclusive sex ed, how Kristina plans to raise her daughters, and more.

In Part I of this mother-daughter sex ed series, I talk to Dr. Debbie Salas-Lopez about growing up in a religious household & the silence around sex education, becoming a mother and choosing to raise children with honesty and openness about sex, the power of creating safe spaces for kids to ask questions, how being a doctor helped prepare Deb with the resources to educate, walking the line of creating age-apprirate sex education moments at home, the long term relationship benefits of creating a foundation of trust and mutual respect between parent and child, what role grandparents can play in the sex education of their grandkids, and more.

In this episode I talk to Cleo Stiller about growing up in an open household & talking to parents about sex, developing breasts early and how that adultifies young girls, why the Aziz Ansari story felt so familiar to so many people, redefining the concept of virginity, how we tell virginity stories in the media based on gender, why fantastic hook-ups are pretty rare, the importance of teaching pleasure-centered sex education, the possibilities of human redemption, and more.