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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]4 year olds do not have the ability to understand the complexity of creating new humans or the death of humans.

They don’t have the ability to understand checking accounts, the death penalty, abortion, getting a degree, driving a car, etc.

Your explanations are for you, not them. Why force adult problems and issues on a 4 year old? It’s not about their innocent brains, it’s about childhood. Should not their be a few years kids don’t need to deal with such things? If you have money problems, are you going to sit your kid down and explain that you may not have enough money to pay bills? Or your spouse is cheating in you and you have relationship problems?

No wonder mental illness and depression and drinking and drugs are rampant among kids. They are being pushed into adult problems and issues before kindergarten.

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I don't consider the creation of new human life to be a problem, I think it's an amazing wonderful thing.

Kids learn about complicated things over time, not all at once.  People who say that their 4 year olds know "all about" sex are absurd.  There are somethings about sex that are hard to understand!  But my kid can learn a little about where he came from, and how he got started, and grow from there.

Just like he doesn't need to know everything about money, but he can start by learning the basics.  That it comes from work.  That it's finite, and sometimes you make choices because you can't afford everything.  That you can have it in your hand, or you can have it in a bank.   That when you write a check they take money out of your bank and put it in someone else's bank. 
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Totally NP but you people are crazy...as soon as my kids asked about where babies come from I told them - first it was just sperm from the man and egg from a woman becomes an embryo - when they asked more questions - more details.  And yes...saying the words "...the man puts his p___ inside the woman's v___ ..." does feel a little strange but the more matter of fact you are about it the better.  And it only gets harder to talk about.  How are you going to talk to them when they are teenagers and having sex if you can't talk to them about it as kid???  When do you plan to start talking about drugs to them?

Same thing with cancer or any medical issue - tell the truth - start simple and build on.  And why not understand a checking account, budget and futures.  All of my kids know how to hedge and protect against currency fluctuations :)  Ok maybe not - but they do know the principle.

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I am the PP you quoted, and I would include all the things you included on your list.  But there are, of course many other things to know about how babies are made. For example, my 4 year old knew that a doctor helped Aunt JoAnne become pregnant, but he did not know the difference between IUI and IVF.  He knew that sex was something that both partners needed to say yes to, but there are lots of details about rape that he didn’t know.

Similarly, if my 4 year old could understand everything about finance then we wouldn’t have PHD programs.[/quote]

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