Search

Healthy Sexuality

School-aged boy with a quizzical expression

How To Explain LGBT Pronoun Usage To Your Kids

Learn how to address and answer your child’s questions about LGBT pronoun usage. Then, cultivate healthy conversations about how to equip your children to communicate using love, care, and compassion.

How to Talk to 3 to 6 Year Olds About Their Bodies

As our world continues to stray from God’s design for sexuality, it’s appropriate to wonder how we’ll convey that good design to our families.

A mother and her teenage daughter having a serious conversation in a bright kitchen, symbolizing a moment of open communication.

How Do I Talk to My 14 to 18 Year Olds About Sex?

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Many of us cringe at the thought of ‘the talk.’ Whether we think back on our own experiences, reflect on our parents’ awkward style discuss the ‘birds and the bees,’ or consider how we’ll talk to our own teenagers, healthy conversations about sex seem like an impossible task. Yet, teenagers …

Close-up of a newborn baby sleeping peacefully in soft white clothing.

Where Do Babies Come From?

Start the conversation about human sexuality on a godly note by answering a young child’s first questions about human sexuality.

Photo of man and woman laying on the ground, each holding a paper heart over their chest, while paper hearts are sprinkled on them from above. They are happy because they have the secrets of healthy sex in their marriage.

5 Things Experts Wish You Knew about Healthy Sex in Marriage

Have hope. You can take steps to have healthy, God-honoring sex and intimacy in marriage.

Healing from Infidelity: How to Rekindle Intimacy and Connection in Your Marriage

It’s hard work to rebuild trust and intimacy after the betrayal of infidelity, but when both partners are willing to do the work, it’s worth it.

teen laying asleep on a dark couch

Help Your Teen Overcome Overwhelming and Powerful Sexual Thoughts

We can look at statistics all day, but the true stories that impact real people often contain the deepest impact. In a moment, we’ll follow the paths of two young men who recall their experiences, which are affected by the navigation of sexual thoughts. As you read, consider how you might process these situations, your …

A mother and her preteen daughter sit on a couch in a bright living room, engaged in a thoughtful conversation. This image represents how to talk to preteens about sex in an open and supportive way, fostering trust and communication.

How to Talk to Preteens About Sex

Talking to your preteen about sex can feel overwhelming, but it’s a conversation that needs to happen sooner than you think.

A woman and a man enjoy an intimate moment by standing close to each other and gazing into each other's eyes. A healthy sex life isn’t about having more sex, it’s about having better sex. Here are four ways to improve your sex life in your marriage.

Five Ways to Have Better Sex

Sex is a gift God gave to husbands and wives, so why not learn how to enjoy it to the fullest?

A couple embraces intimately, their foreheads touching as they prepare to kiss, symbolizing vulnerability and connection in conversations about a partner’s sexual past.

How to Overcome Your Sexual Past and Have Deeper Intimacy With Your Spouse

Blended family marriages face unique stressors that can affect a couple’s sexual relationship. Here are five sexual pitfalls to avoid.

How does a parent respond when their teen daughter is having sex

What to Do if Your Teenage Daughter is Having Sex

Learning that your teenage daughter is having sex can likely leave you with more questions than answers. Following the initial wave of emotions and panic, you might ask yourself: How did I not know about this? What do I do now?

Is talking about sex with your child difficult?

Before Talking About Sex: Dealing With Our Past

The first step in raising our children to honor their sexuality is to come to terms with our own.

Parents model healthy sexual behavior for children

How Parents Can Model Healthy Sexual Behavior for Kids

Because our children develop over time, there’s encouragement that change for the better is always possible. Now is a great time to consider several key issues, and make any revisions that will strengthen your family.

How We Dishonor God in Our Sex Lives Through Sexual Sin

We dishonor God when we fail to mirror the Trinitarian reality and beauty in our relationships.

A married couple lay side by side in the grass on a fall day.

Taking Care of Your Own Lawn

A fulfilling marriage does not drop from heaven into your lap. It becomes fulfilling when it’s tended like a beautiful garden.

A woman stands at the ocean with her arms open wide.

Finding Freedom from Erotica

How can you break free from the entrapment of erotica? Here are five steps.

A married couple kisses in the snow.

Great Sex Doesn’t Just Happen

Without effort, time and attention, sex can easily and quickly become mundane and predictable and can even turn into a dreaded necessity to place on the ‘to-do’ list.

Middle grade girl holding a camera with her photo on the screen

Talking to Your Daughter about Her Worth, Identity, and Beauty

Talking to your daughter through the years about her worth, identity, and beauty requires your consistent compassion and investment. Learn more about how to maintain these conversations throughout each age and stage of her life.

A photo of a young couple embracing each other, standing with their faces close as if they're about to kiss in an intimate moment. It is possible to enjoy a satisfying sex life with your spouse. It takes some planning and a deliberate focus, but the results are worth it.

A Satisfying Sex Life: Is It Possible?

Is there any way a busy couple can maintain a healthy sex life so that both spouses are content?

middle school boy with hand over face in embarrassment

Talking to Kids About Masturbation

Knowing the larger meaning and purpose of human sexuality helps us talk to our kids about masturbation.