Family Life Resources

How to Talk to your Kids about Sex

How do you disciple and shape your child’s understanding of biblical sexuality in a sex-crazed world? What if we told you, it is not about having “the talk” but about fostering ongoing dialogue built on trust and vulnerability. Below you will find resources to help you disciple your students and kids in the area of sex and sexuality from a biblical perspective.

Recommended Scope and Sequence

Age 3-5

• The Story of Me: Babies, Bodies, and a Very Good God (God's Design for Sex)
• God Made All of Me: A Book to Help Children Protect Their Bodies (God Made Me)

Age 5-8

• Before I Was Born: God Knew My Name (God's Design for Sex)
• Good Pictures Bad Pictures Jr.: A Simple Plan to Protect Young Minds

Age 9-11

• Good Pictures Bad Pictures: Porn-Proofing Today's Young Kids
• The Talk: 7 Lessons to Introduce Your Child to Biblical Sexuality

Age 11-13

• Changes: 7 Biblical Lessons to Make Sense of Puberty

Age 13-17

• Relationships: 11 Lessons to Give Kids a Greater Understanding of Biblical Sexuality

Book Resources

Books to help you form or brush up on a biblical view of sexuality

• Holy Sexuality and the Gospel: Sex, Desire and Relationships Shaped by God’s Grand Story – By Christopher Yuan / Rosaria Butterfield
• Rethinking Sexuality: God’s Design and Why it Matters – By Dr. Juli Slattery / Gary Thomas
• Mama Bear Apologetics Guide to Sexuality: Empowering Your Kids to Understand and Live Out God’s Design – By Hilary Morgan Ferrer / Amy Davison
• Messy Grace: How a Pastor with Gay Parents Learned to Love Others Without Sacrificing Conviction- By Caleb Kaltenbach

Technology Resources

Note: for a more comprehensive list of technology resources see our Technology section on the Family Life Ministries resource page

Bark

Monitoring service to set up technology boundaries in your home and your kids’ devices

• Parental Control App for iPhone, Android, & Amazon Fire | Bark
• Ultimate Parental Control Guide for All the Top Apps and Devices - Bark

Alternate Monitoring Software Options

• Covenant eyes - Screen Accountability™ | Covenant Eyes
• Qustodio - Qustodio Premium | Qustodio

Axis

Axis provides parent conversation guides, articles, podcasts, and so much more on all the big topics. This is an incredible resource pool for parents of tweens and teens.

• AXIS - Connecting Parents, Teens & Jesus in a Disconnected World | Axis