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Learning to talk about the birds and the bees

Posted by Neil Munshi July 14, 2008 01:24 PM

A new article co-authored by Children's Hospital Boston researchers -- and published in the July 10 British Medical Journal -- sheds light on that awkward, age-old question: how do I talk to my kids about sex?

According to a story on the study from the Los Angeles Times, you take a class.

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