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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just saying "sex" can mean lots of things. For example, we've had the soft questions from about age 3 to 7: where do babies come from? A: 'It's when a mommy and a daddy love each other." etc. We say penis, vagina, etc in our house to talk about body parts, so we don't use euphemisms. But for those saying "we talked about sex at age 4 or 5", my question is: were those just the softball Q&As, or when did your talk evolve to use the words: sex, penis, vagina, sperm, egg, womb, etc.?  That's the *real* talk I think the OP is looking for.[/quote]

I posted earlier that my 4 year old asked when I was pregnant various questions. I used all the correct terms. But as I said we didn’t get to the sex part as she stopped asking and seemed satisfied by knowing how the baby could get out, how it was made (sperm meets egg, etc), and where the sperm comes from. My understanding was always to answer questions as they came, matter of factly, with no more than the info they need to answer that specific question. If my kid doesn’t ask any further questions, and she hasn’t in a while, I’m going to provide some books this summer as she’s 8 now and it’s time for more info as we approach puberty. We’ve already had discussions about bras, feminine products, hormones and deodorant as you get older, but I don’t think she’s quite put the whole picture together yet.

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