Jess's 17-year-old daughter and 15 other teens said they'd ask her about sensitive topics because her family talks openly about bodies and health. Parents who start these conversations early, especially with kids on social media, build the trust their kids need.
17 years old.
About 15 ("15 or so").
"Naked Talk with Jess".
That's what My daughter, my 17 year old, she had friends giving at her house. So we had about, I don't know, 15 or so kids, teenagers there. And that's what she told me after she was like, mom, I would go to you with that. And I said, well, but it could be because I'm so open with a lot of things, just body in general, you know, our bodies and health and that she knows I do this. And so, yeah, I mean, I think there needs to be a lot more conversations for adults. One, so we understand it and two, so we know to talk to our children. And when I had my Naked Talk with Jess podcast, one of the questions I would always get from parents is like, well, I think my kids are too young to talk about certain things. And I said, if your child has access to social media and, or any other friends who might have it, like, you know, do you want them to hear about these things from you, who loves them more than anything in the world, or from people that are maybe, you know, seeing it on social media? So I think if we can, as parents, look at it that way and then get some resources, obviously age appropriate. But just like you said, Dr. Whitfield, it's so important that our children can come to us and that they know that they can trust us.
