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[quote=Anonymous]My daughter is 7.5 years old- she hadn't asked about sex, and I haven't brought it up. But I have made it a point to introduce her to knowing about female fertility. So that when the topic of sex comes up, we can connect the two. I would like her to be sexually conservative. Hoping that knowing what sex can do to the female body helps her treat the act with respect and caution.

Two years ago when she was 5.5 years old, she skipped school to help me through baby brother's home birth. She poured hot water on my stomach. Throughout the birth, I made it a point to keep it together so not to scare her, we talked calmly between contractions.

It has taken her about two years to process this experience. For a while, she said that she would never get married so avoid pregnancy. She talked with her feminine, childless by choice aunt about that she can be a girl and not have babies unless she chooses to. That fear has passed, and she now points out whimsical names that she would pick if/when she has a baby.

We have talked about that we are mammals, that our bodies are designed for making and birthing babies, that the body knows how to birth and although it's hard work, the process gives breaks and doesn't aim to hurt us.

We garden and she knows that babies start out as seeds, that the female body is like the soil where the seed grows. The only thing she hasn't asked about is how the seed gets there. I am really looking forward to talking with her honestly when the time comes. But waiting for her to bring it up, or at least for the conversation to naturally turn to the subject.

But all of the above is with the hope that she will grow up respecting sex as she may respect fire. I am very concerned about hookup culture and aiming to raise her thinking that sex is normal but serious and should be reserved for close relationships.[/quote]

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