{"id":2346557,"date":"2026-03-26T16:36:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2346557"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:36:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:36:32","slug":"elizabeth-banks-shares-the-unique-way-she-gave-the-sex-talk-to-her-2-teenage-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/elizabeth-banks-shares-the-unique-way-she-gave-the-sex-talk-to-her-2-teenage-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Banks Shares the Unique Way She Gave the Sex Talk to Her 2 Teenage Boys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Elizabeth Banks shared she gave her teenage sons the sex talk during a family vacation in Cape Cod<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Banks used animals like whales and kittens as metaphors to explain sex in a way her kids could understand<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The actress joked about being her sons&#8217; &#8220;worst nightmare mom&#8221; for openly discussing topics like tampons and relationships<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/elizabeth-banks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Elizabeth Banks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Elizabeth Banks&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Elizabeth Banks<\/a> had a unique approach to giving her two teenagers the sex talk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While appearing on <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> on Tuesday, March 24, the actress, 52, shared that she&#8217;d given her two teenage boys \u2014 Felix, 15, and Magnus, 13, whom she shares with husband Max Handelman \u2014 the sex talk while her family was on vacation in Cape Cod.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Banks began by sharing that she&#8217;s the &#8220;worst nightmare mom&#8221; to her two kids.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI have two teenagers now. I have a 13- and 15-year-old. Yes. And I\u2019m like their worst nightmare mom,&#8221; she joked. &#8220;I\u2019m the mom that\u2019s like, \u2018So, you know about sex, right? And you know about tampons? And you know you have to buy tampons if you get a girlfriend.\u2019 And they\u2019re like, \u2018Oh my god, that\u2019s too much.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PEOPLE'&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong>PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Later in the conversation, host Jimmy Kimmel asked Banks if she gave them the sex talk or if her husband stepped in for the challenge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cNo, we did it pretty early on,\u201d Banks replied.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHow early?\u201d asked Kimmel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI think\u2026well, I find you have to go in stages. So you&#8217;ve got to introduce some things\u2026like they don\u2019t want to know really about sex. They want to know where they\u2019re from,&#8221; the mom of two explained. &#8220;Like, \u2018Where did I come from?\u2019 And \u2018Where are babies\u2019 and \u2018What are kittens?\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman in 2019.<br \/>Credit: Karwai Tang\/WireImage<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Banks explained that she likes to remind parents that they can use other animals as a metaphor, since all mammals &#8220;do it the same.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;And so when my son finally asked, \u2018But mom, how does the penis get in the vagina?\u2019 from the backseat of the car while my husband went in to get a coffee at the coffee shop,&#8221; she shared. &#8220;And we were on Cape Cod on vacation, and I was like, \u2018Oh wow. It\u2019s happening right now. Okay, this is it.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;And my little one sort of sat up, like, \u2018I know what\u2019s going on. I didn\u2019t ask that question, but I\u2019d like to know the answer too,&#8217; &#8221; remembered Banks. &#8220;And I remember, we were talking about going on a whale watch. So I started talking about whale penises and those are like, the biggest ones I think.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Max Handelman and Elizabeth Banks attend the premiere of \" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/qzHyIA8Wqa3hitPohiH0rA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTk2MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/f1584fc981dc368a409d7d3b90a47321\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Max Handelman and Elizabeth Banks attend the premiere of &#8220;Cocaine Bear&#8221; on February 21, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.<br \/>Credit: Araya Doheny\/FilmMagic<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The star said there was a screensaver in their house with two whales dancing in the water, and she used that to explain that the whales were &#8220;doing it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;And I literally think I did do the\u2026this like, at one point,&#8221; Banks said, using her hands to mimic a penis going into a vagina. &#8220;And they were like, \u2018Right, okay.\u2019 We ended up talking about kittens and puppies, and they all have penises and vaginas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/elizabeth-banks-shares-unique-way-sex-talk-with-sons-11934964\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Elizabeth Banks shared she gave her teenage sons the sex talk during a family vacation in Cape Cod Banks used animals like whales and kittens as metaphors to explain sex in a way her kids could understand The actress joked about being her sons&#8217; &#8220;worst nightmare mom&#8221; for openly discussing topics like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2346558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[359345,348300,23060,455249],"class_list":["post-2346557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-cape-cod","tag-elizabeth-banks","tag-jimmy-kimmel","tag-worst-nightmare"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Elizabeth-Banks-Shares-the-Unique-Way-She-Gave-the-Sex.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2346557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2346559,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346557\/revisions\/2346559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2346558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2346557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2346557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2346557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}