30 min

Talking to Kids about Hookups, Porn and Consent with Peggy Orenstein Real Parents, Real Conversations with L.A. Parent Magazine

    • Parenting

In this two-part series with New York Times Bestselling Author Peggy Orenstein we delve into how to talk to our kids about sex, relationships, consent and all the emotions and feelings involved. Orenstein's latest book is Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent and Navigating the New Masculinity. 

Her other books include Girls & Sex, Cinderella Ate My Daughter and Waiting for Daisy as well as Don’t Call Me Princess, Flux, and the classic SchoolGirls.

A contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and AFAR,  Peggy has also written for such publications as The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, New York, The Atlantic and The New Yorker, and has contributed commentaries to NPR’s All Things Considered . She has been featured on, among other programs, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, The Today Show, Morning Joe, NPR’s Fresh Air and The PBS News Hour. Her TED Talk, “What Young Women Believe About Their Own Sexual Pleasure,” has been viewed over 5.4 million times.

Her work has also been honored by the Commonwealth Club of California, the National Women’s Political Caucus of California and Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Additionally, she has been awarded fellowships from the United States-Japan Foundation and the Asian Cultural Council and been a grateful resident at Mesa Refuge and the UCross Foundation.

For more information on Orenstein, as well as more resources visit peggyorenstein.com

In this two-part series with New York Times Bestselling Author Peggy Orenstein we delve into how to talk to our kids about sex, relationships, consent and all the emotions and feelings involved. Orenstein's latest book is Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent and Navigating the New Masculinity. 

Her other books include Girls & Sex, Cinderella Ate My Daughter and Waiting for Daisy as well as Don’t Call Me Princess, Flux, and the classic SchoolGirls.

A contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and AFAR,  Peggy has also written for such publications as The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, New York, The Atlantic and The New Yorker, and has contributed commentaries to NPR’s All Things Considered . She has been featured on, among other programs, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, The Today Show, Morning Joe, NPR’s Fresh Air and The PBS News Hour. Her TED Talk, “What Young Women Believe About Their Own Sexual Pleasure,” has been viewed over 5.4 million times.

Her work has also been honored by the Commonwealth Club of California, the National Women’s Political Caucus of California and Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Additionally, she has been awarded fellowships from the United States-Japan Foundation and the Asian Cultural Council and been a grateful resident at Mesa Refuge and the UCross Foundation.

For more information on Orenstein, as well as more resources visit peggyorenstein.com

30 min