Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

When the time comes? Yikes. He's 9. He definitely knows about sex. Hell I remember being 10 when my parents tried to have the convo with me. I remember thinking they were dumb as mud because I'd (Catholic school girl) known about sex for years.

I hope that you went to Confession about it.

I've never done that.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just say that they're "wrestling."

What I can't stand are the non-stop Viagra and Cialis commercials at all times of day. My 5 year old asked me what erectile dysfunction is.

It is even worse once your kids know. AWKWARD!!!!

and when your student associates "ED" with it, before Early Decision.

Anonymous wrote:Just say that they're "wrestling."

What I can't stand are the non-stop Viagra and Cialis commercials at all times of day. My 5 year old asked me what erectile dysfunction is.

It is even worse once your kids know. AWKWARD!!!!

Anonymous wrote:11:22 your answer is good with a glaring exception. People watching porn is not bad, wrong or a big mistake. It is something some people feel the need to do, and as long as no one is hurt by it there is nothing wrong with it. It would not be my choice, like many things in life that are legal but not to everyone's liking.

Thanks for your feedback. I didn't mean to offend anyone with my answer and I'm sorry if I did. I stated that "we believe" viewing such material to be a mistake and a bad choice, because according to our family's values pornography is wrong. I want to strongly discourage my children from looking at it even once they're of age because I think there is high potential for negative impacts and relatively low if any potential for positives to come from viewing p*rn. I think it's a mistake because of where I have seen it lead -- to addictions and harming real relationships and getting into stuff that's less than legal. Because it's so easy to have all of those negative things arise from viewing p*rn I think it's a mistake to begin doing so in the first place. Also, to me that industry seems very exploitative and I think it sends messages about sex and relationships that are counter to what our family personally believes. Therefore for our family that choice would be pretty incompatible with our personal values and religious beliefs, so for us specifically it would be a bad idea and a wrong choice to view that. If other adults do not have a religious conviction against it and have found material to view that they are satisfied was created in an ethical and legal way and therefore make the personal decision that they want to view that material, they can make that choice for themselves.

Anonymous wrote:11:22 your answer is good with a glaring exception. People watching porn is not bad, wrong or a big mistake. It is something some people feel the need to do, and as long as no one is hurt by it there is nothing wrong with it. It would not be my choice, like many things in life that are legal but not to everyone's liking.

The problem with porn is most people in it are being exploited. But that's an ethics argument for another thread.