Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was watching a show about cougars on NatGeo Wild last night with my boys and the mating scene came on with narrative. It lasted about a minute or so. I used to change channels or cover their eyes but I didn't last night. They are 8 & 10 and thought that was gross.

Do they not yet know how babies are made??

I'm not op, but I get where op is coming from. I have a 9 year old. He's never asked how babies are made. He's asked about other things, but never how babies are made. Just recently our dog was in heat. He had some questions about that and I found it a lot easier to explain reproduction to him when it was about the dog. When the time comes, I will probably explain it like another pp said "people mate too" and then discuss any questions he has.

I find it really odd when people explain sexual intercourse to very young children. Yes, answer questions, but I find a lot of it very inappropriate until they are close to puberty and start asking.

Anonymous wrote:I never covered his eyes, and we started watching those documentaries when he was 2 or so. He asked what they were doing, we talked about mating, the eggs and sperm and pregnancy and all the rest. When at 3 or 4 he asked how babies are made I was able to say "people mate, too." Lightbulb. Made the sex discussion pretty unsquirmy for all of us.

Yeah, I think my 5 yo DS figured out things by watching these shows. He asked DH, 'Do we mate?' and DH said yes, expecting more questions, which haven't come yet.

Hopefully he does not think that humans mate the same way right whales do, which is like a gang bang with 12 foot penises.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was watching a show about cougars on NatGeo Wild last night with my boys and the mating scene came on with narrative. It lasted about a minute or so. I used to change channels or cover their eyes but I didn't last night. They are 8 & 10 and thought that was gross.

I assume that you are using "cougars" in the traditional meaning of the word.

Ha ha! Now I have visual!

Anonymous wrote:OP, you are very silly.

Most of our ancestors grew up on farms where this was obviously happening. I don't think kids were too sheltered from it, and our grandparents are fine!

Completely agree.

And OP, your 10 year old will get that talk at school next year, if not sooner.

By changing channels or closing eyes (even worth) you are sending them a wrong message about sexual relationship -- you are implying it is something inappropriate, shameful rather than natural.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was watching a show about cougars on NatGeo Wild last night with my boys and the mating scene came on with narrative. It lasted about a minute or so. I used to change channels or cover their eyes but I didn't last night. They are 8 & 10 and thought that was gross.

I assume that you are using "cougars" in the traditional meaning of the word.

Lol

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was watching a show about cougars on NatGeo Wild last night with my boys and the mating scene came on with narrative. It lasted about a minute or so. I used to change channels or cover their eyes but I didn't last night. They are 8 & 10 and thought that was gross.

I assume that you are using "cougars" in the traditional meaning of the word.

Good one!

Never did.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was watching a show about cougars on NatGeo Wild last night with my boys and the mating scene came on with narrative. It lasted about a minute or so. I used to change channels or cover their eyes but I didn't last night. They are 8 & 10 and thought that was gross.

Do they not yet know how babies are made??

I also have the same question.

Anonymous wrote:Was watching a show about cougars on NatGeo Wild last night with my boys and the mating scene came on with narrative. It lasted about a minute or so. I used to change channels or cover their eyes but I didn't last night. They are 8 & 10 and thought that was gross.

I assume that you are using "cougars" in the traditional meaning of the word.

OP, you are very silly.

Most of our ancestors grew up on farms where this was obviously happening. I don't think kids were too sheltered from it, and our grandparents are fine!

It never dawned on me to cover their eyes. But I don't know that they were sitting and watching serious nature documentaries when they were little, either.

Never.

Anonymous wrote:I've never covered my 6 year old DD's eyes. It's nature. It happens. I don't see why you have to make it taboo. It's not porn.

NP. I agree it's not porn. A lot of people confuse mating with porn and nudity with porn. Not good.

Animals mate. That is a good introduction to talking about the birds and the bees. Mating is not gross.

Anonymous wrote:Was watching a show about cougars on NatGeo Wild last night with my boys and the mating scene came on with narrative. It lasted about a minute or so. I used to change channels or cover their eyes but I didn't last night. They are 8 & 10 and thought that was gross.

Do they not yet know how babies are made??