Yes, Your Kid What Parents Need to Know About Today's Teens and Sex

A crash course for parents on talking to teens and older kids about sex in order to keep  them healthy, happy, and safe—and how to do it so in a way to have  your kids listen

Too often, parents wear blinders when it comes to the sex lives of their children. They hear the statistics—how 80% of college students have engaged in rough sex or choking; how 44% have shared nude or suggestive photos via text—and think, “Not my kid.”

Yes, Your Kid is the reality check parents need about what sex is like today—so they can better educate and support their tweens, teens, and college students. 

Combining insights from cutting-edge research, dozens of conversations with college students, and on-the-ground legal experience, Yes, Your Kid provides:

• An overview of key topics in sexuality, from communication and consent to pornography and rough sex, describing how things have changed
• Real-world legal stories illustrating today’s consensual sex pitfalls—and how to help your child avoid them 
• Age-appropriate tools to not only talk to tweens, teens, and college-aged kids about sex and consent, but also build a healthy foundation with younger children
• Concrete advice parents can share directly with their children so that—if and when their children become sexually active with partners—they are more likely to have safer, consensual sex
• Plus, a chapter focused on the consent, communication, and relationship education needs of young people on the autism spectrum

Parents of teenagers and young adults have enormous catching up to do to understand how sexting, internet porn, TikTok, Title IX, and more have shaped sex for young people. Authoritative, supportive, sex-positive, and facts-forward, Yes, Your Kid provides parents with the frank, accurate information they and their children need to safely navigate today’s sexual landscape.

Debby Herbenick, PhD, is an award-winning, internationally recognized sexuality researcher and an AASECT-certified sexuality educator. She is a professor at the Indiana University School of Public Health and the author of five bestselling books about human sexuality. Dr. Herbenick is the lead investigator of the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior, which has tracked sexual trends in the United States since 2009. Dr. Herbenick has been published in the Washington Post, New York Times, Men’s Health magazine, and Glamour, among others, and she has provided expert opinions about sex on television shows such as Tyra, Katie, The Doctors, and The Tamron Hall Show. She was born and raised in Miami, Florida, and now lives in Bloomington, Indiana.

Susan Stone, Esq., has dedicated her life to helping students in crisis and meeting their legal needs. As cochair of the Student & Athlete Defense group at KJK law firm in Cleveland, Ohio, Susan handles matters ranging from special education issues to student disciplinary matters and Title IX investigations, and has gained a national reputation for representing students and professors in Title IX cases. Susan is certified in restorative justice, and has also guided students through informal resolution, including mediation and restorative justice. In addition, Susan proudly cohosts the podcast Real Talk with Susan and Kristina to discuss with outside guests cutting-edge issues affecting students.

For more than fifteen years, Kristina Supler, Esq., has protected and counseled clients during the most difficult periods in their lives. Her experience is regularly enlisted for complex cases involving allegations of sexual assault, and she has worked on national defense teams representing students and executives facing prosecution in the United States and abroad. Kristina is also extremely adept at working with families and defending juveniles facing prosecution, particularly when the child has a physical or mental disability. Kristina has achieved great success protecting students and professors in campus Title IX proceedings, which has garnered her a national reputation.