Talking to Kids About Their Bodies: A Conversation with Sex Educator and Author Dorian Solot

In this episode of The Growing Readers Podcast, host Bianca Schulze and sexuality educator Dorian Solot discuss Solot's new Learning About Bodies children's books. Solot shares insights on providing kids with accurate, age-appropriate information about their bodies and the challenges of creating sensitive content. The books cover topics like proper terminology and consent, with artwork by Tyler Feder that is engaging, inclusive, and anatomically correct. Solot offers tips for parents to approach these conversations and become "askable parents." This episode provides valuable perspective on empowering kids with knowledge and body autonomy. Content note: Contains frank discussions about genitalia and reproduction. Parents may wish to preview before listening with children. Transcription: ⁠You can read the ⁠transcription on ⁠The Children's Book Review (coming soon)⁠⁠. Order Copies: All About Vulvas and Vaginas on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Bookshop.org⁠⁠⁠⁠. All About Penises on Amazon⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Bookshop.org⁠⁠. Resources: Find Dorian Solot on www.learningaboutbodies.com and @learningaboutbodies on Instagram Dorian Solot Talks About: The importance of providing kids with accurate, age-appropriate information about their bodies Challenges of creating sensitive content about anatomy for children Ensuring the books' artwork by illustrator Tyler Feder is engaging, inclusive, and anatomically correct Teaching proper terminology for genitalia Incorporating themes of consent, privacy, and body autonomy Preventing child sexual abuse through education and openness How parents can approach these topics to become approachable "askable parents" Laying a foundation of knowledge through many small conversations over time The upcoming book "Ingredients to Make a Baby" about reproduction (coming in 2025) Empowering kids with knowledge and body autonomy from a young age