At what age should your child be told about sex?

Floogeldy

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Sun May-07-06 10:02 PM
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Poll question: At what age should your child be told about sex?

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Sun May-07-06 10:37 PM
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1. At the age they start asking about it.

Only offering as much info as they're interested in.

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Floogeldy

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Sun May-07-06 11:15 PM
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2. What would cause a 3 year old to ask about sex?

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Sun May-07-06 11:35 PM
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3. "Mommy, where do babies come from?"

"From inside their mommies."
This is most likely sufficient for you average 3 year old; but a peculiarly precocious child might reply,
"Oh. How do they get in there?"

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Floogeldy

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Sun May-07-06 11:38 PM
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4. "From inside their mommies" is not telling a child about sex.

:)

I know you would NEVER tell a child how people have sex so stop trying to string me along. ;)

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Mon May-08-06 12:55 PM
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9. LOL...It's the precursor, though.

Sex, I'd tell them about. Fornication is another matter. :rofl:

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eyesroll

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Mon May-08-06 11:35 AM
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7. Hee...when I was four:

"Daddy, where do babies come from?"
"They come from their mommy's tummy."
"How do they get there?"
"Daddies plant a seed and it grows into a baby."
"Oh. Where does the seed come from? How do daddies plant it?"
"The seeds come out of daddies' penises and they plant the seeds in the mommies' vagina."
"Hee hee hee hee hee hee."
My 18-month-old sister: "Hee hee hee hee hee."

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Mon May-08-06 01:02 PM
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11. When I was about 5, I asked my mom.

She brought out a couple of enormous anatomical charts and started explaining waaaay more than I really wanted to know at the time..."Mommies' tummies" would have been fine. So I didn't listen.

Not long after, I asked for more details, and she yelled at me, "What? I already told you about that!" So I finally ended up learning everything from a clinical manual and a bunch of porn that my dad kept hidden (ha-ha) from us kids.

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liontamer

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Mon May-08-06 11:31 AM
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5. knowing the difference between boys and girls eom

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miss_american_pie

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Mon May-08-06 11:32 AM
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6. A second pregnancy

And they do ask detailed questions.

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tjwmason

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Mon May-08-06 11:46 AM
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8. I don't have a child

nor am I intending to have one - but I have to go with definitely older than 3.

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HiFructosePronSyrup

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Mon May-08-06 01:00 PM
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10. When ever their older sibling decides to tell them about it.

Which is, as far as I've found, when the older sibling figures it out and spends the next few hours explaining it to younger siblings and all the neighborhood kids.

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riderinthestorm

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Mon May-08-06 01:53 PM
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12. I own horses and have bred a few

There's no getting around questions of reproduction in our household. My kids could discuss ovulation, insemination rates, and cervical receptivity fairly knowledgably by the time they were kindergarteners.

In fact, I can't even remember what age they were when it first came up! Very, very young!! Since they've seen stallions and mares go at it since they were born I voted for under 3 years of age.

They aren't scarred by the knowledge if you present it factually and without drama. We just make it part of the fabric of life like using the toilet or eating a balanced meal.

I think it's all in how you present it.

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