{"id":31164,"date":"2012-01-03T09:32:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=31164"},"modified":"2021-01-25T09:38:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T15:38:38","slug":"can-someone-there-talk-to-my-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/can-someone-there-talk-to-my-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Can someone there talk to my son?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>I am a single mom with a 14-year-old son who is starting to become curious about sex. I caught him masturbating, which was awkward for both of us, to say the least.\u00a0 I decided this was a perfect opportunity to have &#8220;the talk&#8221; with him, but he doesn&#8217;t want to talk with mom about it.\u00a0 He did express a willingness to talk and has many questions, but wants to talk with a male.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t have anyone he can talk to and was wondering if there is a male at the church who would be willing?<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>I am quite willing to talk to him, as I have talked to hundreds of other young men over the years. I assume you and your son are religious and that he will be willing to use a Bible during our discussion. I don&#8217;t know where you are located, but here are the options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you are in the Omaha region, we can meet to talk.<\/li>\n<li>We can talk by phone.<\/li>\n<li>We can talk by video call.<\/li>\n<li>We can talk by chat.<\/li>\n<li>We can talk by email.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let me know which is best for you.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: I am a single mom with a 14-year-old son who is starting to become curious about sex. I caught him masturbating, which was awkward for both of us, to say the least.\u00a0 I decided this was a perfect opportunity to have &#8220;the talk&#8221; with him, but he doesn&#8217;t want to talk with mom about&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1033,20,1028,1034],"tags":[567,127,665,171,29,107,63,637,395],"class_list":["post-31164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adolescence","category-answer","category-parenting","category-teenager","tag-about-the-author","tag-about-this-site","tag-child-rearing","tag-masturbation","tag-parenting","tag-raising-children","tag-sex","tag-sex-education","tag-teenagers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14025,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/when-is-a-child-old-enough-to-explain-concepts-like-rape-that-appear-in-a-story\/","url_meta":{"origin":31164,"position":0},"title":"When is a child old enough to explain concepts like rape that appear in a story?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 24, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I have a 10-year-old son who is being homeschooled. 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