how do i explain where babies come from?

Question

to a six year old

Answer 1

Most six year olds are able to read and understand what they read. There are some very helpful books out there that explain the birds and the bees better than any parent could and with a lot less embarrassment. Just remember when you get a third party like a puppet or a book that explains these kinds of things, your child will not immediately associate it with you.

Answer 2

You don't lie, number one. At this point, you should already have been mentioning it, casually, as it fit into conversation, at his age levels.

Is the 6 year old asking questions? Answer them. Honestly, but with no more detail than the child is actually looking for - go slowly, so you'll know if you've answered his questions before you go off into areas he wasn't asking about.

My mother told me when I was six that when a man and woman love each other very much, they get married, and they sleep together and have a baby. So, I imagined for years that something could come out of a man, float across the room, and make me have a baby. So, I don't think being vague is a good idea. However, again, you don't want to answer more than they're asking.

At six, it will typically be fine to say - a man and a woman make a baby when they put together a sperm cell from a man and an egg cell from a woman. These cells can join together and a baby will start to grow.

A six year old is not likely to ask you how the sperm gets to the egg, they will be so amazed and dazzled by the new words, sperm and egg, and cells. If the six year old does ask how the sperm and egg get together, I'd run away..... Well, I'd feel like it... At some point, you will have to say - the sperm comes through the penis and goes into the woman's vagina where the egg might be waiting behind the vagina. Definitely use the real words, however far your info goes.

Impart the information with values. Of course, you don't want to put any bad associations on sex,when the conversation gets to sex. You want to talk about how men and women enjoy sex and it is a very nice part of MARRIAGE. You want to talk about how it is so bad for the baby for it to be born outside of marriage, and so men and women only have sex after they are married. Over the years, he will get that this isn't true, and you expand it - sensible men and women only have sex after they are married, and then eventually, only have sex when they've found a partner they know they could marry if they accidentally make a baby.

Your talk should have as many facts as your child is ready for, positive attitudes about sexuality - it's normal, it feels good, and your values about when sex is appropriate. It's also great to go to the bookstore and choose from one of their many books on the topic targeted to little kids - then read the book to your child.

Answer 3

OMG,what stupid ideas did I read...something about storks and praying to God...Jesus!
Anyway here is what helps.When your daughter asks where babies come from,don't change the subject you are talking on.She is 6.Four years later she will know it better than you think she will.Explain simple but tell her the truth.Don't make her think there is something ashaming in that.Don't also read her an anatomy lection - she won't understand anything.I have 7 children and I have explained it many times at different ages.When my 15-year-old daughter was 6(or 5,I'm not sure) she asked me that and I told her that(the question was "Where do babies come from and how?",so here is what I explained:
"Man and woman who love each-other usually get married.When they already live together,they usually decide to have a baby.The woman has a small 'egg',called cell(explain,that cell doesn't mean a cage).The man has a cell either.They connect their two cells and the two cells become one bigger.Then the bigger cell grown in the woman's belly and finaly becomes a baby." - You may think that's a bit extra explanation but 6-year-olds understand that(6-year-olds have a well-developed lateral thinking,which later lose).And trust me,it's a better explanation than the silly storks or prayings...etc.And be ready to the moment when your daughter will ask you what 'having sex' is(a few years later).Then you will have to explain again and not to lie.That would be the harder moment but she better hears the truth from you,not from schoolmates who will offer her the titbit a bit distorted.

Answer 4

Tell them the truth, but don't give any more detail then you would for any other question.

Why is the sky blue? That's the colour light turns when it comes through the air.

Where do trees come from? From big seeds that drop seeds.

Where do babies come from? They grow in a mommy's tummy.

If they ask more, a seed from daddy goes into mommy's tummy.

Kids are not looking for a 30 minute explanation of sex, they just want a one line answer.

My cousin was pregnant a few months ago, and her nephew and niece were very excited. Then one day they approached their father very worried to ask 'how will the baby get out?'. So he told them the truth: "The doctor will help the baby get out.". They happily bounced away - that's as much info as they were interested in.

Answer 5

I find from experience with my own 2 boys that honesty is always best though graphic details are not necessary. At the age of 6 when my son started with questions i told him that mommies and daddies have a special way of cuddling and by doing this they were getting ready to try and have a baby. I did tell him the sperm was a special kind of seed that was being planted to make a baby. As he got older and his questions more direct so my answers did too

Answer 6

Don't lie to him or her.

A six-year-old doesn't need a detailed explanation of human sexuality, he just needs to know where these babies that keep appearing everywhere actually come from.

Tell the child that the babies come from ladies' tummies. He probably won't need to know any more than this. If he does, then put it in as simple a form as possible.

Answer 7

Forget the "it was left on the doorstep by a green dove with eight leggs" story straight away! I would explain it in terms of baking a cake - mummy has some ingredients and daddy has some then when daddy mixes his with mummys a baby is made in mummys tummy. when the baby is ready then it comes out golden brown. Ok maybe not golden brown and i realise this story may raise few more questions but it fits with the whole "bun in the oven" idea at least. good luck!

Answer 8

Answer each and every question, as it comes. Simply. Do not over explain!!!!!
Babies come out of their mommy's tummy.
Where? Thee's a special little hole near where the wee comes out.

That kind of thing. I have four kids, have explained orgasms (to a whole group because my daughter decided "we can ask my mother anything!"), lesbians etc etc. It's no big deal.
I have also bought books to support the sex education in schools, which I find unnecessarily graphic - in my daughter's school, at least.

Answer 9

I just had to do this and I was mortified. My boys were 9 and 10! I could tell by stuff they were saying it was time. I finally just told them that woman have a pee hole, a baby hole and a poop hole (sorry for the graphics). I then told them that when people are in love and ready to have a baby, then the man puts his penis in the baby hole and sperm comes out (like a seed) and goes and finds the egg. Then I told them the baby grows in the stomach. My nine year old informed my afterword that he will still get married but he thinks he will adopt!!!! Good Luck.

Answer 10

my daughter has just turned 7 and discoverd where babies come from at school last week the teacher told them that she would be leaving soon as she was having a baby and kids being kids started to ask questions so the teacher explained it the best she could needless to say i wasnt best pleased but i think a child only needs to know when they ask