Adolescents
I have an 18 week old, and a 5 year old. My 5 year old doesn't ask questions about sex, but has asked questions about the human body - specifically now that I'm nursing. She likes to make cracks about my boobies now, and stuff. She knows the proper names for things, but generally sticks to just "hiney" for everything.
11/17/2011
No children here. Hubby had a vasectomy. I would let mine know whenever they ask. If not, I'll wait until about 9. Why 9? Well, I had my first period when I was 9 and it scared the hell out of me. If my mom had explained to me why there was sometimes bloody paper in the toilet after she went, maybe I wouldn't have been scared half to death that something was seriously wrong with me. So, yeah... Then would come the period/sex talk.
01/05/2012
No kids here. I can't remember how old I was when my mother had a talk with me. I think it was after she found condoms in my room (which they weren't being used for sex anyway). She only told me my father wasn't the first person she slept with. I'm not close to my mother, so I didn't care and didn't want to talk to her about stuff. I already knew all I needed to know so I told her so. I'm only 33, but even then it seems that I learned more outside the home rather than a parent telling me.
03/21/2012
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Yes. My parents didn't cover everything, but I had a good starting point.
Originally posted by
Backseat Boohoo
I don't have children, but I will say that talking openly about sex when I was young--even if it was in the most basic, child-friendly manner possible--would've saved me a lot of grief throughout my youth. I definitely intend to keep my
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I don't have children, but I will say that talking openly about sex when I was young--even if it was in the most basic, child-friendly manner possible--would've saved me a lot of grief throughout my youth. I definitely intend to keep my children aware at an age-appropriate level.
03/22/2012
