Wow. I gotta say, kudos to you! I wish my parents had talked to me about sex period, let alone toys. My dad goes and hides in the garage if the "S" word even comes up in conversation. I think it's great that you took it upon yourself to make sure your daughters were well informed about sex toys. I know I plan to do the same in the far off future when my own children are old enough for the subject to come up. I think sex toys and masturbation usually get left out of the "sex talk" far too often. I hope more parents are taking the same step you took to help educate their children, whether just learning about the subject or if they are grown and already out of the house. Way to go!

Thank You Bulma My one daughter has now shared some of the information we talked about with her sister-in-law so you never know. I have also shared information with my son. I think it is important to let people know what you know. And yes this is a subject that isn't talked about much. I just don't want to increase the cancer risk or other issues because of lack of education.

That's awesome. Open lines of communication can really strengthen a parent/child relationship. I taught my mother (I'm 21, her 46) recently about sex toys. It was an interesting conversation, but she kept me safe about sex when I was younger, and I'll be damned if I don't keep her safe with sex toys. This site has proved to be an invaluable resource.

How awesome! I wish I could talk to my mom about toys. I could recommend some good ones to her, lol. But it would be cool to tell her about mine and tell her about materials and stuff. Probably won't ever happen though... I won't be bringing it up any time soon anyway.

How did you bring it up?

I actually had a sex toy party through pure romance for my 21st birthday last December. I invited all women I knew. This included my grandmother, her friends, & my mother. I've never been the shy one. About 4 months later (April) I found EF and was horrified that most of the things my guests bought weren't really safe and were extremely misrepresented by the seller. I felt somewhat responsible, as I was the one that invited this woman into my home to entertain us.
About a month ago I mentioned that it's scary what people lie about when they claim to be professionals. We had been talking about politics and medical advances. I brought up my birthday party and mentioned how that woman had lied about so many things and explained each.
My family has already had a pretty open relationship. Nothing is really off limits, which is great.

UGH Pure Romance sucks huh? I've been to one too, and although it's fun, I couldn't help but think, "this is made of jelly, isn't it?" about most of the toys. Plus the woman was really heterosexist and the whole thing just had an air of... weirdness... about it. Two conflicting messages: enjoy sex toys freely, but be completely private about it (people had to go into a separate "private" room to order because that was their "policy"). It's tempting to have those parties though just for the free stuff, but yeah, sucks.

I knew I liked you! =) That is fantastic that you and your kids are open enough to be able to discuss this particular topic! My parents......I guess......figured if they didn't talk to me about sex, I wasn't having sex.....HA! I probably would have fainted if one of them brought up a sex toy discussion. I don't know.....anytime they did talk to me about sex, I always felt like I had done something wrong.....Like I was bad. I mean, don't get me wrong, they are great parents it's just, I think they themselves were embarassed of the whole subject which I realized later on. I've already had "the talk" with my two oldest kids or, at least told them as much as a 10 and 12 year old need to know at this point. I plan on broadening that "talk" as they age to incorporate more topics that they may need to know about and sex toy material is definitely on the list! I don't really care if they do faint...at least they will KNOW! =) I've also told them I am more than willing to even talk to their friends if they need help with this subject. I totally applaud you though Fun Lover! You're right! It is a great free toy! =) When they are old enough, I'll definitely be directing them here as well!

That's a pretty interesting article thanks for posting it! I will definitely be sharing this with my daughter! It is daughter-specific though so, won't help much with my two sons.

Thanks Snappy. I think it's important to get the word out about toy safety, before someone spends a lot of money on unsafe toys as I did, when I first started buying. My wife's favorite is made of jelly, and it's either don't use it, or use a condom which doesn't give the same feel as without it.

Like it or not, many teenagers are having sex, and many others would if they could. It's a fact of life, and teaching children nothing about sexual health IS a great way to not only be a 35 year old grandparent but also a 35 year old grandparent with a child infected with an incurable STD.

I don't think I could have that conversation with my dad. I think we'd both rather walk on nails than deal with the distilled awkwardness of discussing anything relating to sex. It's great that you can be that open with your daughters.