Parents are learning how to feel comfortable about answering questions about sex.
Kids are curious…
And you never know when your child is going to hear about something on TV, or from friends (or from who knows where) and then come back to ask you things like:
Where do babies come from?
What’s an abortion?
Why do some people have hair “down there?”
Most parents will feel glad that their kids came to THEM for answers instead of going to someone else…
But that doesn’t mean that you’ll feel comfortable answering them.
Here’s how one mother handled these topics with her young children…
Nick and I figure that if we just go on ahead and give them the correct info, we don’t have to worry about being forced to deconstruct the crazy locker room tales they’ll surely get from the friends who’ve been deliberately left out of the puberty/sex-ed loop. Like, seriously: Who wants their kid to think they’ll grow hair on their hands if they masturbate? Or that they can’t get pregnant if they have sex while they’re menstruating or their partner pulls out before ejaculating? Or that boys will do irreparable harm to their genitals if they don’t have sex when they’re horny? Or that if a girl has a big gap between her legs then she’s not a virgin? Or that having anal or oral sex isn’t real sex?
Read the full article to see more about how this mother handled some of these tough questions about sex and puberty…
And then share in the comments section: How do you handle these types of questions with your kids?
At what age do you start talking about sex with your children and what exactly do you say?
Let’s Talk About Sex Baby [Parenting]
