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[quote=Anonymous]Eventually your child will ask or hear about where babies come from. In your answer, you give the very basic answer about all the many ways families are formed. Note: experts say to hear the question from the child's point of view and not give a detailed medical dump to a 5 year old who may not be asking what you think they are asking.

If the child asks for more information about how your family was formed, you answer in a matter of fact, basic and honest way, if you are prepared for the likelihood that at this point you will either have to 1) share the info with the grandparents, who will no doubt hear about it from the child (as will all the kids in school, lol); or 2) teach the child about privacy and trust them to keep information from the grandparents. You do not want your child to be the one to take the first wave of reaction from the grandparents, so you would want to be darn sure the kid can keep private family information private. There are lots of private things you will not tell your child (like your salary, etc.) because you know darn well kids do not understand other people's privacy.[/quote]

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