I'm interested in hearing how different parents coped with difficult questions. Because this is a sensitive subject, please bear in mind community guidelines. Thanks!
2007-03-19 04:17:13 · 19 answers · asked by Shona L 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Not me but my friend.
Her little brother was about 4 and his mum and dad were in bed early one morning, doing the do, and he came in. They hadnt heard him and all of a sudden he shouted "Oi! Why are you hurting my mummy!"
lol
2007-03-21 01:27:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, this was not as a parent, but when I was in about the 4th grade or so (way back in the early 70's) we had a sex education class. One of my friends asked what it meant when two boys or two girls liked each other. The teacher was flustered and said he would have to answer that question later.
2007-03-19 04:53:10 · answer #2 · answered by Bobby Cretin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was showering my daughter in a communal shower block in the South of France when she asked in a very loud voice "Where did I come from?" All the showers were suddenly switched off as they waited for my response. I answered "Why Liverpool of course!!" Well - she was only two at the time. A few titters could be heard before everyone went back to their bathing.
2007-03-21 05:17:07 · answer #3 · answered by noreen_k 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have always been honest with my children, but without the full on detail. My daughter is 10 now, and there is not much she doesn't know, or wouldn't ask me.. Honesty is the best policy, even if you have to omit a few details.
When i was pregnant with my son, my daughter (5 at the time) asked me how did you get a baby in your tummy???? I stuttered, and she answered the question.,.. Is it a broken egg??? I promtly said, YES! The whole truth, without the details!
2007-03-19 04:27:25 · answer #4 · answered by jenny w 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
When our son was 4. he asked about my swelling belly. I explained that I was having a brother or sister for him and that babies grew in a very special place in the mommy with age appropriate words....[ fortunately he didn't ask HOW the baby got there] which he then proceeded to explain to his teenage Uncle [in a VERY LOUD voice in the middle of a store] when my brother pointed out a cut out stork and made a comment about the bird bringing him a new baby...lol...
2007-03-19 04:39:33 · answer #5 · answered by sw-in-gardener 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A neighbor (9 years old) told my 5 and & 6year olds about someone that was 'playing with himself'. I had to explain it, very simply. Whenever your child asks a question, they deserve an accurate answer, in terms they can understand. Give short bits of information, and if they have more questions, you can give more short answers. For tough questions, you can always tell them that you need to think about it for awhile, then you can give them an answer later. Don't forget though; give the answer, then they'll be able to trust that they'll get good info from you.
2007-03-19 04:25:07 · answer #6 · answered by l_quicksilver 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My son is 16. He never really asked me an awkward question about sex itself; however, when he was about 11 he came in the house and said "Mom, what's a brothel??" LOL First I asked him where he heard that word and then I just frankly told him what it was and he never mentioned it again.
2007-03-19 05:13:14 · answer #7 · answered by spelling nazi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-19 01:57:16 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a parent so cant answer this but reminds me of a funny early Patrica Arquet film 'Pretty Smart'(as in the tv series Medium.
In a boarding school the bad girls group having not been allowed on the school trip (high school age) having aqurired some beer and porn having a girls night in.
Ie porn to see what it is the guys want to see. are watching it with the cliched twisted head look.
Patrica Arquets character who being 2nd in command so to speak was thought to not be in the least bit innocent asks...
PA - Doesn't it hurt the guy when she does that?
other girls look bemused. - huh?
PA - I mean where does the air go?
the Sassy one looking stunned that their second in command could be that dumb is like
Sassy - You dont blow stupid you suck.
PA character is confused... still aint got it...
PA So what happens when he ... you know??
SA :What do you think???
PA is confused then
ewwwwu thats grose
2007-03-19 14:00:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I heard about a wee boy coming home from primary school (about 5 years old) and asking his dad 'where did I come from?' His Dad stuttered his way through an embarassed explanation of the birds and the bees and then said - 'what makes you ask that?'
The wee boy (looking pretty confused) said - 'well I just wondered because the new boy in my class said he came from Newcastle'....
2007-03-19 04:52:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋