Have you found yourself tongue tied and avoided the subject in hope that they are taught sex education in school. And not in the playground like I was. Or have you managed to talk to your children without wishing the ground would open and swallow you up? How was it for you...the explaining I mean?
2006-11-23 08:05:57 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
by the time you get around to saying anything to your children they will be the encyclopedia of what you wanted to tell them.
Ask what they know and start from there. These days I don't think there is anything "age appropriate" anymore when it comes to life.
2006-11-23 08:08:43 · answer #1 · answered by sophieb 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i have a 15 yr old son and i found honesty the best policy if he asked me a question i gave him a straight and honest answer, i have never believed in leaving his sexual education to the school or the play ground better he know the full truthful version than a bunch of old wifes tales from other teenage lads, he knows anything he wants to know all he has to do is come and ask me, i have always had a very open honest relationship with my son which im so thankful for and it has made the process of explaining the facts of life very easy.
2006-11-23 08:12:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i have 4 great kids. two boys aged 20 and nearly 11 and 2 beautiful girls aged nearly 17 and nearly 15 so i think i should no about this one.i had a hard time as a kid my mom thought sex was dirty and never talked t me about it, as i grew up it became a problem f me in relationships and still is a little today but when i had my kids i vowed that they would not feel the same , so as well as being there mother i became there friend to ,and spoke openly within reason according to there age about everything. i became there big sister and things did shock me but i kept my cool and made sure they knew consequences and dangers then i made sure they were safe and could talk to me about everything, their is no teenage pregnancies here yet and that is great, and this has bought me and my kids so close they can tell me anything trust me it works ,however consider their age and just be honest
2006-11-23 08:56:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I just answered whatever questions my twin boys asked truthfully and in words they could easily understand. They didn't always ask at the same time, so I had to explain more than once but neither of them wanted pictures, books, films or diagrams. Being young children, they just wanted straight forward answers to logical questions. My husband freaked out and went out of the room (!). The boys listened until I'd finished, asked a few 'but what if?' questions which I answered in the same vein, then simply said, 'Oh!' as though it was all a huge disappointment to them, and went off to play with their Play Station.
2006-11-23 13:52:52 · answer #4 · answered by Val G 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i found it quite easy as i have a very good rapport with my two girls one 10 one 13 i even showed the 13yr old how to put a condom on using a banana, and told her if she gets to the stage of experimenting to tell me and we will go see the doc for contraception. They also do get alot more sex education classes in school these days starting at about ten.
2006-11-23 08:32:31 · answer #5 · answered by annie 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Like they always should, by telling them the truth. I once told a daughter that a pregnant woman had swollen a seed, well all know the result of that l..... I ended up the embarrassed one. Later in life she told me I made her feel like it was something that hurt, she now has 3 children and a beautiful marriage of 18 years.
2006-11-23 08:14:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am very open an honest with my children.....its no one else's responsibilities to teach my kids about sex....they do learn in school....but I'd rather be the one to explain to my kids and have them know that they can come to me for anything.....having four kids myself.....my oldest has been the one to ask where babies come from, then it was the next child to ask and so on....I only give details I think are appropriate for their ages....my ten year old knows where babies come from as does her 7 year old sister, of course my 5 year old son can name the body parts and realizes that babies come from Mommy's tummy but hasn't asked yet how the baby gets in there.....Just being honest with your kids, relieves everyone from the curiosity and them also knowing that they can trust you and come to you when they need you!!!!
2006-11-23 08:16:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
To be quite honest I haven't actually needed to.....I have two kids 11 & 13 and both of them seem to have learnt alot from their friends and at school. They both had sex education at primary school, that said if they have questions then we are an open enough family that they don't feel embarrased asking.
2006-11-23 08:10:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
MY parents gave me a book and when I was really little (I do not remember it) they explained it to me because i asked. But I think I mainly figured it out on my own and at school.
2006-11-23 08:08:46 · answer #9 · answered by ellenrose219 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was easy. my ten year old cam eto me with the question because her friend brianna was telling her some very desciptive things at school. i just sat down with her and talked to her about it. usuing the correct words. but in the end i told her she better not do anything until she is 45.
2006-11-23 08:08:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋