Actress Explains Why You Need to Have Uncomfortable Conversations with Your Kids

Published: February 11, 2026

By Kayla DeKraker

Candace Cameron Bure opened up about the importance of having uncomfortable conversations with your kids, explaining why talking about our bodies and sex actually eliminates shame.

“I had very open conversations with my kids when they got older about sex to the point that I grossed them out all the time,” she said in a video recently posted to Instagram. “I was like, they were trapped in a car, and I’m like, ‘Guess what we’re going to talk about, you can’t escape.’ And I kind of loved talking about that with them, because I wanted them to know that it was safe, even though it’s not that I was super comfortable talking about it.”

People in the comment section agreed.

“It’s not a comfortable conversation but it’s a much needed conversation,” one follower said. Another fan added, “Please start your podcast on parenting, Candace!!”

Although conversations like this are uncomfortable, the Bible commands that we teach our kids about things like sex through a Godly lens. Proverbs 22:6 says, “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old, he will not depart from it.”

Bure continued, “I made it as fun as possible, and like I was comfortable talking about it, just so there would be no embarrassment or shame in those conversations. I think that shame can start very much with that if we’re not really told about our bodies and how they function, how they work, what they’re made for, how God views them. When there’s a misunderstanding there, that can very much develop our view of shame and when we feel that.”

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Pastor John Piper describes shame as a “negative, painful emotion of disgrace or humiliation caused by evildoing or shortcoming or impropriety.” And while there is a place for shame when it convicts us of our sin and points us back to Christ, the shame children and teens can feel about the bodies God gave them because they don’t understand them can lead to longterm struggles, including in areas like sex.

At the end of the day, it is a parent’s job to teach their children truth, even if it’s uncomfortable. This sets up children to make wise decisions about life, family and marriage.

Bure is mom to Natasha, 27, Lev, 25, and Maksim, 24, who she shares with husband Valeri Bure. Both Natasha and Lev got married in the last few years.

“Words cannot express the joy we have felt this weekend celebrating the marriage of our son and his bride Elliott,” Bure said after Lev’s wedding in 2024. “We gained a beautiful daughter and a wonderful family to do life with. I have an overwhelming sense of love, joy, peace and contentment thanks to God’s blessing of family and friendship. My heart is so full.”

Following Natasha’s wedding last September to actor Bradley Steven Perry, the Great American Family actress said, “We couldn’t have asked for a kinder man than Bradley to love and care for our girl 🥹. Natasha, you are radiant inside and out and are already the best wife to your beloved. My heart swells with happiness for you two. We love you both so much. May God bless all the days of your lives together.”