How do I explain THIS to my child?!

0:00 Let's talk about that Taylor Swift lyric, "His love was the key that opened my thighs." If your kid is asking you, "What does this lyric mean? Why are the kids laughing about it on the bus?" You only really have a few options. Number one, you can avoid the question. "Oh, nothing. You're too young to ask about that." Here's the tricky thing about that approach. When our kids are young, they actually are kind of testing out whether we are someone they can come to when they have tricky but important questions. And if we tell them, "You're too young" or "Don't ask that", we are actually setting them up to not come to us when they're older. When actually we would want to be a guide about the important and tricky things in their life. Number two, your kid's already heard the lyric. It's already happened.

0:40 If you don't talk to them about it, they're going to find out from a kid on the bus or from the internet. So, here's a simple thing you can say back. Look, we don't know for sure, but I think Taylor's talking about a special kind of love she has with her adult boyfriend. You can go further if you're comfortable. It's called sex. It's one way that adults in a romantic relationship can be really close with one another.

1:07 Always pause, follow your kid's lead. But once your kid has already heard the lyric, it's so powerful to share information. It'll actually be a really connecting moment between the two of you. You've got this.