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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We used the book PP is talking about. It's actually part of  a great series of books about the body, sex, safety, etc.  I started around 5-6 with body parts for both girls and boys, and progressed to [b]actual sex around 7 or so[/b]. It's an ongoing conversation and we revisit the books every couple of months. My son is now 9 and also reads them on his own when he wants. [/quote]

Really?  Is that pretty normal timing?  I don't recall knowing anything that early.

I'm glad OP asked because I wouldn't have even thought about going over actual sex that early.  My 6yo knows the parts of bodies for boys and girls and understands how babies come out of the body, but we haven't even come anywhere close to talking about sex.  He got in trouble at school for using the word "penis"!  (I complained to the principal. It's the name of a body part; come on!) But I don't think I can trust him to know something like that and not talk about it at inappropriate times.

I've got to look into this book series. [/quote]

I don't know what normal timing is, but I absolutely wanted to be the one to teach him correct information, and not have his first ideas formed by misinformation from his friends.   I want my son to be able to accurately process the information he hears on the streets.   Because that "will" happen before a formal sex ed class in school.   [/quote]

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