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Conversations surrounding pornography can be intimidating and full of fear but they are needed. Acknowledging the awkwardness will help you as you prepare. But making sure the conversation takes place within a grander conversation of God’s design for sex as the sex-maker will be important.This episode of DriveTime is sponsored by Simply Blessed: Finding Join in the Little Things. Simply Blessed contains thirty-one heartfelt devotional stories for the woman seeking to know God for who He is: a loving God who longs to have a relationship with her. It's author, Kim Chaffin, focuses on the foundation of a woman’s faith, tackling issues she faces on a daily basis and providing joyful and practical lessons for a woman’s heart.Purchase the book today by clicking here!FURTHER RESOURCESResources, links, or other helpful tools from this podcast episode:Suggested Books for Ages 3-5The Story of Me - By Brenna and Stan Jones, and Joel SpectorAuthors share the wonderful story of God’s love and the marvelous body he has blessed us with. Using straight talk, age-appropriate language and realistic illustrations. It addresses God’s love and the goodness of all He has made, the nurturing family as God’s context for love, appropriate names for genitila, and the importance of a mother and father.God Made All of Me - By Justin and Lindsey Holcomb God Made All of Me is a simply-told, beautifully-illustrated story to help families talk about these sensitive issues with two- to eight-year-old children. Because the private parts of our bodies are private, the home is the ideal environment where a child should learn about his or her body and how it should be treated by others. God Made All of Me starts from the fundamental truth that God created everything and applies that truth to kids and their bodies. It equips parents to talk with both boys and girls about their bodies and to help them understand the difference between the appropriate and inappropriate touch of others. God Made All of Me allows families to build a first line of defense against sexual abuse in the safety of their own homes.Suggested Books for Ages 6-9Before I Was Born - By Carolyn NystromThe authors use straight talk, age-appropriate language and informative illustrations to help children see sex as a special gift from a wonderful God to a husband and wife within the context of a marriage and family relationship. Topics covered include: why God made boys’ and girls’ bodies different, the basic facts about intercourse, presented in the context of marital love and intimacy, conception and fetal development, and childbirth and breastfeedingSuggested Books for Ages 10-14What’s the Big Deal? Why God Cares About Sex - By Brenna and Stan JonesThis book is designed for parents and children to read through and discuss together. Each chapter introduces an age-appropriate issue and provides “written conversations” between a child and a parent. It is recommended that the child read his or her part and the parent read his or her part. This method provides an excellent way for new and challenging issues to be raised and addressed with a child.Articles:Questions to Ask Kids – By Jason SoucinekParents Guide For Teaching God's Design for Sexuality – By Walt MuellerBible Verses:James 4:171 John 1:7-9Questions, comments, feedback, suggestions for future episodes? E-mail us at [email protected]!
