restriction on plan b. as recently as late april, the obama administration still wanted to require a prescription for anyone 14 or younger, but this week they gave that up as well and said they would accept the ruling. so, starting soon, plan b will be available over the counter for everyone. if you see this news with your kids, it s going to make a lot of people nervous, but i think that might be good. we ve got two leading sex and relationship experts with us today to talk about this. joining me from new york, dan kerner and logan lentkof. thank you both for joining us and happy father s day weekend as well. happy father s day. and to you. i wanted to ask some questions in that context, to some extent, thinking about this as a dad of young kids. i know we all have kids. as far as i can tell, there are no medical issues, the drug is considered safe, but plan b is considered more controversial because of the context of talking kids and sex. all three of us are parents of young ch
talking about? well, it s funny, sanjay. i have a son, he s in fourth grade. he s just turning 10 years old. he s nowhere near hitting puberty, but you know what, other kids in the fourth grade, other kids in the fifth grade, they are hitting puberty. so, whether he is ready or not, these conversations are in the air, these conversations are being talked about. so, as a parent, my job, i feel like, is to be responsive. and you know, for example, as logan was just saying, recently in the news, for example, everybody was talking about michael douglas and the fact that hpv can be transmitted orally. well, you know, my phone, my e-mail, i have been receiving scores, dozens of e-mails from moms, dads, parents, sons, kids, men, women saying is this true? what do i need to do? tell me more about it. so, i think that s an example of a teachable moment where nobody was necessarily prepared to have that conversation, but we have to be responsive parents. yeah. no, it s true. and logan, let m
of parents are talking to their kids about safe sex. logan, let me start with you. how young is too young? what are we talking about here? well, there is never a too young when it comes to talking about sex and sexuality. from the time we re born, we re shaping how our kids see the world, how they see themselves and gender and different types of families. it is our responsibility to talk to our kids about sex and safety and protection and consent and responsibility, and we have a huge opportunity to do so. whether we use the recent media news as a stepping-off point or whether we just start a conversation at home, but it is our job to do it. yeah, it s funny, again i think you re right. you have a 4-year-old girl, i have a 4-year-old girl, i also have a 6-year-old girl and an 8-year-old girl and i think this is consuming and i m thinking of this all the time. ian, kids are reaching puberty much younger as well, i think on average 9 or 10 for boys, even younger for girls. are they