Let's talk about sex — and let's discuss it from a young age

Four in 10 children has never spoken with their parents about sex. It's vital the conversation about the facts of life starts at a young age and is returned to over and over, say experts 

Early communication with your children about sex and sexuality is crucial.

CAN you remember your mother or father sitting you down to have ‘The Talk’? The one where they told you what they thought you needed to know about sex and making babies?

For most of us, this talk was excruciatingly embarrassing. So embarrassing that a new report by the ESRI and HSE, ‘Talking about Sex and Sexual Behaviour among Young People in Ireland’, has found that some of us have avoided having such a conversation with our own children.