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Bekah Martinezis sharing how she’s approaching the topic of sex with her kids.
The Bacheloralum, 26, shares two kids with boyfriend Grayston Leonard: daughterRuth Ray De La Luz, 2½, and sonFranklin James, who turned 1 year old last month. On herInstagram StoryTuesday, Martinez engaged her followers on the topic of discussing sex with children and what age to begin the open conversations.
“I think a lot of times we project our own adult feelings about certain topics onto our kids,” she wrote on one slide. “Young children are fully capable of understanding simple explanations of sex and other hard topics and I think it really helps give them factual info and starts an open conversation of honesty and trust!”
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“Hot take— but I don’t think there is anything wrong with telling children that babies can be made through sex i.e. a penis in a vagina as long as there are simple explanations about age appropriateness and consent!” she wrote.
“My thought: if you don’t teach your kids about it soon enough, the internet or their potentially misinformed friends will first! Plus, what’s wrong about those basic facts?”
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Speaking withParents Latinafor the magazine’s April/May 2021 issue earlier this year, Martinez opened up about the pressures shesometimes feels to be a “perfect mom.“Talking of the “pressures we put on ourselves,” she said, “We have so many standards for being the perfect mom. I try to be aware of that and then force myself to confront those expectations.”
Martinez also highlighted the joy she finds in parenthood, particularly the boost she gets when she sees her kids are happy.
“When you’re a parent, you’ll go to the ends of the earth to make your kids smile,” she said. “Grayston will gladly sing ‘Let It Go,’ fromFrozen. I love the song ‘Shiny,’ fromMoana. I always do a whole performance as a crab and get really into character. Forget trying to be cool — nothing makes you happier than seeing your children happy.”
source: people.com
