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Parenting in the age of social media

Parenting in the age of social media
Parenting in the age of social media (Photo: iStock)

The first time Christine Namunyak tried to talk to her 15-year-old daughter about sex, she was met with a combination of awkward laughter and eye-rolls that nearly sent Christine into a panic herself. However, it had to be done.

"I had a script in my head," she recalls. "It started with, you know, your body is changing...and I barely got through the first sentence," she says.

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