A podcast interview with Dorion Solot on The Growing Readers Podcast, a production of The Children’s Book Review.
In this episode of The Growing Readers Podcast, sexuality educator Dorian Solot discusses her new children’s books, co-written with Marshall Miller, in the Learning About Bodies series.
Content note: This episode discusses private parts matter-of-factly and uses anatomically correct words. Parents may wish to preview it before listening with children.
Dorian Solot shares insights on providing kids with accurate, age-appropriate information about their bodies and the challenges of creating sensitive content. All About Vulvas and Vaginas and All About Penises cover topics like proper terminology and consent, with artwork by Tyler Feder that is engaging, inclusive, and anatomically correct. Solot offers tips for parents on approaching these conversations and becoming “askable parents.” This episode provides a valuable perspective on empowering kids with knowledge and body autonomy.
Dorian Solot Talks About:
- The importance of providing kids with accurate, age-appropriate information about their bodies
- Challenges of creating sensitive content about anatomy for children
- Ensuring the books’ artwork by illustrator Tyler Feder is engaging, inclusive, and anatomically correct
- Teaching proper terminology for genitalia
- Incorporating themes of consent, privacy, and body autonomy
- Preventing child sexual abuse through education and openness
- How parents can approach these topics to become approachable “askable parents”
- Laying a foundation of knowledge through many small conversations over time
- The upcoming book “Ingredients to Make a Baby” about reproduction (coming in 2025)
- Empowering kids with knowledge and body autonomy from a young age
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Order Copies:
All About Vulvas and Vaginas on Amazon and Bookshop.org.
All About Penises on Amazon and Bookshop.org.
Resources:
Find Dorian Solot on www.learningaboutbodies.com and @learningaboutbodies on Instagram
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