how should a parent explain something like this to such a young child, i want to go by the " if your old enough to ask, your old enough to get the answer."
2006-08-31 16:43:37 · 43 answers · asked by evilpoutyangel 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
Show them!!!
2006-08-31 16:50:12 · answer #1 · answered by protos2222222 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Just tell her Mommy and Daddy love each other so much that we made you and you grew in my belly. Do not go any further and explain the sex part she is way to young for that. When she gets older explain a little more here and there. I had to tell my son at the age of 7 only because he was learning it in school and in a nasty way. He knew more at the age of 7 then I knew at the age of 12.
2006-08-31 16:51:47 · answer #2 · answered by luvlisteningtomusic 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well children don't always work by the book. A 3 year old doesn't understand the question he/she is asking.
You could simply tell him/her that when two people love each other very much many times they have a baby and the baby comes from their love.
Then change the subject until the child is alittle older.
2006-08-31 16:49:24 · answer #3 · answered by tjnstlouismo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First of all never lie to your child. Second are you pregnant right now? if you are and you are religious take this opportunity to let your child see the baby was gift from God and the Baby comes from your belly. let your child lead with the questions. Only tell them enough to satisfy them. Like my first daughter wanted to know how the one of her sibling got in there. We told her God thought it was time for us to have another baby and decided allow the baby to grow in my belly. she said ok and kept on playing. The topic will come up again and just tell them the truth. They know when you are hiding something. If they finally get down to the nitty gritty and you find they are still too young be honest and tell them that you don't feel they are old enough to be told right now but you promise that you will tell them when you feel they are ready.(have done this also with the oldest when she was in kindergarten. She is very smart and mature for her age so brought the matter up again and again. Finally towards the beginning of 2nd grade I sat down and told her. I used a chicken and rooster senario. ) I also let her ask any questions she wanted too. She is in 3rd grade now. remember you can't put an age to it you have to think about maturity. I have had the talk with my 1st grader yet but she hasn't asked anything about it. Good Luck
2006-08-31 16:59:24 · answer #4 · answered by barnett95 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A 3 yr. old would never understand the "real" answer to that question. I would find something that he/she could understand. It would probably be forgotten by the next day. I would just say from mommy's tummy right now. The real deal will come soon enough!
2006-08-31 16:52:24 · answer #5 · answered by lisa s 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I took my 2 year old daughter to the library and told them she wanted to know where babies came from, but of course I needed a juvenile book, I was pregnant with my son, that's why she was so curious, anyway they had a very cute book that she was able to understand by looking at the pictures as I read the book to her, over and over again. It was a good book as it didn't get into real details of the sex stuff part of it, but satisfied her curiosity.
2006-08-31 16:53:53 · answer #6 · answered by rkd 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my mom told me her stomach from the mommies stomach. It was the truth!!! hello everything else is the making and the delivery... So that is the truth the babies conceived from the stomach and leaves the stomach.. "Womb" It's not a hush hush situation the part of how it was made might be or the how it comes out. But i never asked that part... I had a C-section.
2006-08-31 16:53:19 · answer #7 · answered by thought 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guarantee you he is not ready for the real answer to that question. It would probably confuse him to know the truth.
Also, does he keep asking this question or has he only asked it a couple of times? You can tell a three year old just about anything and he's probably not going to remember what you told him.
2006-08-31 16:48:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
For a 3 yr old, I don't think a detailed, explanation of the birds and bees is what the child is asking, give him an appropriate answer for his age
2006-08-31 16:49:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A three year old cannot possibly grasp the answer. Tell her (or him) that babies come from the hospital... for now. They're ready not when they ask, but when they ask, and you tell them an answer like I mentioned, and then they say, "No. Where do babies REALLY come from?" THAT's when they're ready for the real answer.
2006-08-31 16:48:29 · answer #10 · answered by scruffycat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep it simple and only answer what she asked. My daughter ask me and I told her from a mommy's tummy. She was happy with that answer. When she is older she will ask more pointed question. You might also read "What every parent wants their child to know about sex but were afraid to ask." The title is long and I may have it a little wrong but you get the idea.
2006-08-31 16:47:22 · answer #11 · answered by jagbeeton 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋