Attention all parents! What do you think about a book for 4 years and up that describes what sex is?

Question

I think it's really wrong. Kids that age that can't even tie there shoes.

From what i hear it's pretty detailed. The book comes out next month i believe. It's called "It's not the stork". It has detailed pictures to go along with the words in the book. It seems a little nuts to me. I would definately not show that to my daugher. I would like to tell her myself when she is ready and mature enough for it.

A grandmother from New York wrote the book

Answer 1

I believe it may be strong for a 4 year old. ALSO I think parents SHOULD use real words like penis and vagina. pee pee or wee wee is STUPID. Children should not be gave pet names for their sexual parts. At the age they ask WHERE dose the baby come from is when they should be told about how the body works. Not telling them or letting them figure it out their own they may get WRONG info. Everyday I am shocked when here y answers someone writes the BEST time to get pregnant is on a PERIOD. People should be required to LEARN how the reproductive system works what ovulation is. What a cervix is how things work. I've met GROWN men who did not know where or what the cervix was. Keeping kids in the DARK dose not help them.

Answer 2

How many of you who are so offended by the idea of this book plan on keeping your child away from pregnant women until they are teenagers? Are you planning to have only one child, so your child will never be curious about how a baby "got in there"? Children are curious about everything, including where babies come from. While they don't need a detailed, pornographic description of the sex act at the age of four, if they are old enough to ask the question, they are old enough for an honest answer. If a book helps parents find the right words to explain things to their child, I see nothing wrong with it.

Answer 3

WOW!! I think that is the most horrible thing I have ever heard!
Why would someone want to tell a 4 year old CHILD that kind of stuff!! I teach preschool and all my children are worried about is coloring and playing. I feel that if parents are more involved in their child's life and KNOW what they are doing and are observing how they are acting that they will know for themselves when the appropriate time to tell a child about sex is! That book my help older tweens as they call them but not little children. They will not be able to comprehend that.

Answer 4

I think its up to the parents. It's not like the book is going to be forced into the parents hands and the child forced to read it. If you are uncomfortable talking about sex with your 4 year old, that's your prerogative to wait until (s)he is older. But I remember when my son was 4 and I wanted to make sure that if anyone even attempted to molest him that he understood what molestation was. If you want to make sure a child knows what it is you have to describe certain parts of sex to that child. So, I disagree with you. The book just may be a good idea, but as long as the parent is comfortable with it.

Answer 5

I think it's ok if it doesn't go into details. I personally wish I wish I had something to explain it to me when I was little (I was only six when I found out). It should just tell the basics... "When a mommy and a daddy love each other very much, they put their private parts together and make a baby." But it shouldn't tell about erections or orgasms or that other stuff.

Answer 6

There is a book like that for 4-year olds???
I agree. That's wrong. They keep making people grow up faster and faster today. The next thing you know, 4-year olds will wear make up and go out on dates!

Answer 7

I think the children would be too young to ask about sex.I would have to read the book first so I could give an informed opinion on if I felt it would be age appropriate (regarding the amount of detail, presentation of information, photos etc).

Answer 8

I'm picking one up the day the hit the shelves

I don't believe that sex should be hidden from children, I think it should be discussed openly just like all other things natural.

we wouldn't have 60% of out 14 year olds experimenting with sex if it was out in the open from the beginning

Answer 9

ONLY and ONLY IF the 4 year old is asking questions about sex would I find that book appropriate as a catalyst for further conversation.

Answer 10

at the age of 4 a child should not be reading about sex, yes it is wrong and people wonder why our children are growing up so fast. things like this are available it's up to the parents to let the child be a child.