What do you do in situations that involve a child asking about things they aren't supposed to know (i.e. sex)?
I usually just avoid the situation and try to make them forget about it. Hey, it's better than lying.
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What do you do in situations that involve a child asking about things they aren't supposed to know (i.e. sex)?
I usually just avoid the situation and try to make them forget about it. Hey, it's better than lying.
I feel a bit strange, because I've known about sex and drugs for as long as I can remember.
I was certainly naive as a kid, but I at least knew about sex and drugs. :-/
Luckily my little ones haven't got to this point yet. However, with my five year old nephew, I found that if you use really big words and give them a complicated answer, they'll leave you alone about it, and immediately go ask their parents.
My sister in law hates it when I do that. I dread the day she does it to me...
I've never really been asked, but I think it'd be best to kind of tell it to them based on what's appropriate of their age, rather then flat out tell them/lie.
I'm a bad person. :(
Give them enough information to satisfy their curiosity, without going overboard.
Essentially, what Rye said.
i am...Quote:
I'm a bad person.
I tell them fairy tales about the "snake" and "pink taco" :bigsmile: Nothing like a fairy tale to explain things to kids..!
My sister: Sissy what's a condom?
Me: Ask you mom... MOOOOOM WHAT'S A CONDOM?
:d I always ask my sister to ask her mother :bigsmile:
Pink Taco, thats hilarious :P
I'm gonna make my husband deal with those questions when the time comes. :p
Depends on how they are related to me. A friend's or family member's kid? I'd lie or tell them to ask mommy. A stranger's? I'd tell the truth. My own, or one I had jurisdiction over? I'd tell the truth.
I'd tell them the truth, but it would be a child freindly version of the truth. My little sister is more perverted than me, an she's only seven. She has been corrupted, an it makes angry. :mad2: I think it's disgusting when older people try an pervert children.
With that particular question? I'd pop in a porno and make them watch. Then I'd tell them they're supposed to do that with their little friends. Then I'd get arrested.
That second option.