Kids will explore their bodies. It's natural. Should we talk about masturbation with them? If so, when? Most parents just don't know how to begin. But ignoring the topic won't help our children. As parents, it's our job to help our kids make sense of even the trickiest topics, including masturbation and the danger of pairing it with pornography.

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Media Savvy Moms is a podcast by ParentsAware, an organization dedicated to helping parents talk to kids and teens about pornography and healthy sexuality. For complete show notes, visit http://parentsaware.info/index.php/podcast/.