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[quote=Anonymous]This is just one  opinion, but I find that if I just answer questions in a non-plussed way, my kids don't think anything of it.

For instance there was an interview with Hugh Jackman on 60 minutes and at one point he mentioned that he kissed a guy for a broadway show he was doing.  If my kids look at me with a question, I just say "some boys like boys and some boys like girls."  Same thing about a something that came up with boy scouts and the news.  I just said something like "he was a bad guy and they got rid of him."  "what did he do?" they asked.  "He was touching boys in their privates."  And they move on.  My kids are 6 and 8 (both genders).  I can see myself in the future saying (matter of factly -- and not in a big, heavy, "sex talk" context)... "sometimes if your privates get close to another person's privates you can get a virus that can cause a lot of problems."

My point is that young kids can take in bits and pieces of info. that is age appropriate.  If they are old enough to know where babies come from, IMO, they are old enough to know that just like spreading colds from hand to hand, people can get viruses from other parts touching too.  It doesn't have to be "Let's have the official sex talk" where we point to diagrams.  If you're not weird in giving info., it won't turn into the BIG SECRET.[/quote]

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