Learning early can only help the child. I say tell them. Explain it. Get a helpful book. Answer any further questions they have. Get over your own hangups about sex if you have any while you are at it.
Lie to them and tell them some sort of fairy tale or anything else non-sensical.
Tell it to them straight, and shatter the tiny, protected world they've been living in.
Run away screaming.
Learning early can only help the child. I say tell them. Explain it. Get a helpful book. Answer any further questions they have. Get over your own hangups about sex if you have any while you are at it.
I would do something along the lines of what roto said.
...Or I could just show them this.
I'd simply say "That's called '****', dear."
When they ask again, I'll say "You'll know in due time."
Tell it to them straight and pray they don't become curious. But make sure their at least 7-8 before you tell them or you'll scar them like my mom did me. "You came from my uterus and vagina and not my stomach." I seriously had nightmares when she told me that when I was 6.
I see no reason to lie to them. I'd tell them what they wanna know.
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I'd really like an answer to this as well.Originally Posted by nik0tine
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Because it's inappropriate. We kinda forgot how it's inappropriate as time went on, though. >.>I see no reason to lie to them. I'd tell them what they wanna know.
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I'd really like an answer to this as well.
How is it inappropriate?
You tell kids that it's wrong to lie, but then you lie when they ask questions like that.
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First I would ask "what do you mean?". And pray to every god that has ever graced any human pantheon that the question can be answered without delving in that direction to far.
If not, well, "I'll tell you when you're older" worked on me.
Let's knock it off with the spam, such as "I am a cool dude." It contributes nothing to the thread and is not needed.
It depends on the question ask. If it's harmless, I'll tell them the truth. If it's something they shouldn't be asking about. I'll let them know. >=]
Apparently, I have been declared banished.
It's inappropriate because it's inappropriate. Humans don't need logical reason, even if using it would prove useful.
I tell the kids straight. They don't have to be embarrassed that way.
I've known for as long as I can remember, too.
"As the days go by, we face the increasing inevitability that we are alone in a godless,
uninhabited, hostile and meaningless universe. Still, you've got to laugh, haven't you?"
That's not a very good answer. I don't see why children should be shielded from the truth.It's inappropriate because it's inappropriate. Humans don't need logical reason, even if using it would prove useful. :D
They should be told how things work from the get-go.
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I haven't ever had a child ask me about sex. I have had my younger cousins ask me what Pads and tampons are when they've found mine or someone elses. I usually just say 'It's something older girls use' and leave it at that. One of my older boy cousins asked me and I just told him to see his Mum. I didn't feel it was my place to talk about something so private.
I think it's inappropriate to tell children about sex in explicit detail at a young age. They shouldn't have to be subjected to something so mature. Sure, they want to know how things work - but there are ways to explain it to suit their age.
I've only had that question once, and I lied my ass off. I made it really obvious that I was lying and she understood that, so she gave up and talked about something else. I don't know what I'd do if it was my own kid, though. I'd probably skip the detail and tell him the basics. He'll learn about this from the kids at school soon enough anyway.
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