Parent to Child About Sex (1966)

★★★★★ · What A Classic Film · JayKay49 · 2013-05-03

This was shown to my medical school class (Dr Evans was on the faculty - and what a great guy! He taught us so much! One of many outstanding instructors at WSU Med School...the U of M guy also; he came out to lecture us too) ...this film was shown to us 10 years after it was made - and still pertinent as it was and still is today. The most important point made here is that the parent needs to be cool calm and collected right from the beginning about answering questions about babies, where they come from, how they get out. Why? Because for ever after that kid will consider you willing to offer…

★★★★★ · DisTuRbInG · martini66 · 2005-03-04

Horrifying depiction of one's most awkward years. All of the men figures are creepy and are probably in jail. And the old woman at the end is enough to scare the shit out of anyone from ever having sex! Includes hot gay locker room scene. LESSON: Watch more porn instead of asking 80 year old ladies how often you should whack it.

★★★★ · Wow · Visaman · 2005-01-09

This would be a good film for MST3K. It's a bit dry, but then has scenes of children masturbating that could be construed as borderline child porn. The host reminds me of Count Floyd from SCTV. I expected him to flurl his cape and howl. Seriously though, this film was quite bold for 1966(I was 2 back then), too bad I didn't see it when I grew up.

★★★★ · Reviewers of film here are disturbed · Vic Video · 2007-08-01

I am amazed after watching this film, the negative comments that people have given in the reviews. You are just like the film participant parents in the beginning; you were taught that sex is bad, your body is bad, your genitals are bad, every ounce of talk about what is NATURAL is bad. I hope you rewatch this film again, and LEARN, and don't pass on your touchphobic, homophobic, poor upbringing to your own children. Don't mess up another generation of kids by making them think their bodies are bad.

★★★★ · Hmm, I hadn't thought of that. · HillbillyProfane · 2008-07-20

I must admit I was quite surprised to hear that there was ever a taboo about unmarried women using tampons. How silly and sexist that is! Nice to know this film shot down that ridiculous notion! All in all not bad really. Dated? Sure, but fundamentally true and quite well done.

★★★ · Mmm pickles · Spuzz · 2006-01-11

I was hoping that this 30 minute piece about sex etc. would be more campy then chatty, but sadly I was mistaken. Although there are moments at the beginning which include rather Âhow did that happen? scenes with kids that are rather exploitive, and somewhat funny, the film just rather goes on too long and relies mostly on chit chat about sex to maintain interest. Liked the very end though, with the old womanÂs dress matching her hair.