It is potentially one of the most awkward conversations you could ever have with your children.
It could be a teenager embarrassingly trying not to make eye contact as their parents talk about hormones and a changing body. Or it might be a parent fumbling their way through a clumsy conversation about the birds and the bees.
Either way, most of us have been through the dreaded sex talk. It's important to know if you avoid this conversation, there's a default setting that will 'teach' your tamariki – pornography. Gone are the days where teenagers secretly passed around their uncle's Playboy collection. Porn today is graphic, violent, degrading and easily accessible.
Like most social issues, we can't approach the topic with the idea of hiding or holding back information. It's probably too late to prevent young people from watching porn, the genie is well and truly out of the bottle.
Porn today often involves extreme behaviour, including choking, gagging, physical violence and most important of all – a complete lack of consent. The porn narrative is sending all the wrong messages and teaching unhealthy behaviour from an early age.