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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand why people are answering a question about sex with an answer of where babies come from.  The vast majority of sex has nothing to do with babies.[/quote]

Because that's what a 6-year-old needs to know. This isn't a high school sex ed class. It's answering a child's questions.

Is anyone on DCUM ever capable of putting questions in context?

Ever?[/quote]

Have you ever considered that there's a reason some of us don't want to separate sex and sexuality? I don't want my kids growing up thinking that baby-making and sex as an emotional experience are two different things. Children start exploring their own sexual identities WAY before they start seriously wondering about baby-making and how that applies to them. I'd rather situate my kids in a way that they understand that sex is first and foremost an emotional activity, not a reproductive one.[/quote]

Ok.  Given your take on this, how would you explain sex to a second grader?  [/quote]

I'm the PP who gave an answer above that a few people quoted - talking about how adults have sex because it feels good and helps them express their affection for each other. Think about it... If you're married and have sex 3 times/week, that's 144 times/year. If you're trying to get pregnant, one week of the month it's "reproductive sex", for as long as it takes you to get pregnant. If it's 3 months, that's 9 sessions of "reproductive sex". The other 135 times you have sex that year?  Purely for emotional/relationship reasons, not reproductive. So I don't see any reason not to emphasize that reproduction is not the main purpose of sex.

So... I still kind of stick to my original answer. "Sex is something that adults do, to show their affection and feel good. Sometimes when a man and woman have sex, it's to make a baby! (Insert mechanics of that here if your child wants to know).  When people have sec, they usually touch each other's genitals and cuddle and kiss lots.[/quote]

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