When it came to my parents and sex - they’d never had it, didn’t plan to have it and certainly didn’t want to talk about having it. You guessed it, the subject was never broached, not even a few tentative red-faced mutters. Although ma and pa were the bearers of seven children, acknowledging the process by which me and my siblings arrived on the planet was still strictly taboo.

As parents we educate our children in so many things in life and yet many of us find it difficult to be open about sex with our children.
Should we leave it to the media, education or worse still their peers?
If we are unable to answer a question they have, there is a raft of information and services out there that can help, and by re-searching together you will both learn something new.