Reply to Discussion order: sex or Santa

Forum Index » General Parenting Discussion

Reply to "Discussion order: sex or Santa"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[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 have commented in a few places that I told my daughter around 3.5, with the partial help of It's So Amazing (but I had told her many details before then). Yeah, I am really straightforward and told her pretty much everything about procreative sex, I guess-- I didn't get into oral/etc. or heavy details about pleasure or rape/etc... per se, but yes, penis, vagina, sperm, egg, womb (never said stomach or tummy, really-- always uterus). As I've mentioned before, my mom was a doctor (who grew up poor and was told NOTHING-- thought she was dying when she got her period). She told me in the same way at about 4 or so, so it's just what I know. My kid is very matter-of-fact about all of it. It IS an ongoing conversation, though, because we read ISA at 3.5 and 4 and 4.5, but recently at just-turned 6, it was clear she had forgotten about intercourse (she asked) and we had to tell her again. She definitely did the "ew, gross" giggle but it was no big deal.   [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics