Anonymous
03/18/2026 19:14
Subject: How to explain how babies are made
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:“When a mommy and daddy love each other very much…”
So how did Barb and Laura down the street get Larla?
Be prepared. Unless you only hang around with straight married people.
We told DD at 6.
We had talked a lot about how she didn’t grow in our tummies ( gay couple) she grew in someone else’s but that person couldn’t care for a baby so God brought her to us because he knew we wanted a baby.
Anyway. We used the “ it’s not the stork” book to guide us. Told her the nitty gritty, accurately enough that after she said “ wait, the p**** goes inside the va****?”
To which we said yes and she said that’s gross and went on her way.
She’s 12 now and has no emotional scars from the discussion.
My 10 year old also has emotional scars from the conversation we had when she was 4-5. I was all proud of myself because I’d heard (no idea if it is true) Kristen Bell told her daughters “the woman puts the man’s penis inside her vagina” as a framing of feminine empowerment vs “the man puts his penis in the woman’s vagina” - so I knew just what to say. My child was completely horrified and screamed “it comes off!?!?!?!l” and has been basically unwilling to discuss anything sort of sex related with me since.
I got her all the “it’s not the stork” books.
I think the issue is your daughter takes after her histrionic mother who takes parenting advice from Kristen bell
Anonymous
03/16/2026 22:08
Subject: How to explain how babies are made
Anonymous wrote:“When a mommy and daddy love each other very much…”
My kid asked about it when she was about 4. I explained how it all works, not only between a man and a woman, but also if 2 men want kids or 2 women. It isn’t hard to explain.
Anonymous
03/16/2026 22:06
Subject: How to explain how babies are made
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:“When a mommy and daddy love each other very much…”
So how did Barb and Laura down the street get Larla?
Be prepared. Unless you only hang around with straight married people.
We told DD at 6.
We had talked a lot about how she didn’t grow in our tummies ( gay couple) she grew in someone else’s but that person couldn’t care for a baby so God brought her to us because he knew we wanted a baby.
Anyway. We used the “ it’s not the stork” book to guide us. Told her the nitty gritty, accurately enough that after she said “ wait, the p**** goes inside the va****?”
To which we said yes and she said that’s gross and went on her way.
She’s 12 now and has no emotional scars from the discussion.
My 10 year old also has emotional scars from the conversation we had when she was 4-5. I was all proud of myself because I’d heard (no idea if it is true) Kristen Bell told her daughters “the woman puts the man’s penis inside her vagina” as a framing of feminine empowerment vs “the man puts his penis in the woman’s vagina” - so I knew just what to say. My child was completely horrified and screamed “it comes off!?!?!?!l” and has been basically unwilling to discuss anything sort of sex related with me since.
I got her all the “it’s not the stork” books.
Anonymous
03/16/2026 21:55
Subject: How to explain how babies are made
I had this conversation with my 5 year old the other day. We’ve had several lead up conversations about babies growing in bellies and birth, but he finally asked the actual mechanics of how seed gets inside the woman’s body to meet the egg. He giggled and made a pikachu shock face but moved on after 2 minutes. I am relieved as it feels like this will be so much easier starting young than trying to have a formal conversation when he is older. But I imagine not all kids will bring it up organically.
Anonymous
03/16/2026 19:55
Subject: How to explain how babies are made
Anonymous wrote:He'll learn it in kindergarten. Either through a FLE unit taught by the teachers or another kid will tell him.
No fle on kinder teaches this.
Anonymous
03/16/2026 19:50
Subject: How to explain how babies are made
Anonymous wrote:Start by asking him what he thinks happens. And correct any wrong pieces of info.
But I think the best general advice is to tell them that a piece of the dad and a piece of the mom join together inside the mom. Then the baby grows in a special place inside the mom.
Then stop and see what questions they ask next.
The above is so disgusting that it might be better than the pill for birth control!
Anonymous
03/14/2026 12:08
Subject: How to explain how babies are made
Find an age appropriate book to read him
Anonymous
03/14/2026 12:07
Subject: How to explain how babies are made
He'll learn it in kindergarten. Either through a FLE unit taught by the teachers or another kid will tell him.