Moms Talk: Talking To Kids About Sex
One expert says parents should begin the conversation as soon as kids can speak.
I was driving my 7-year-old to baseball camp last week when I realized, too late, that Matty in the Morning was interviewing a woman with two vaginas. I’m pretty sure my son, on the other hand, caught on from the first reference—having superhuman radar when it comes to all things genitalia. No sooner had I heard “one in front and one in back” and “there could be two pregnancies” and “could the child go down the dead-end,” when Finn piped up: “What does a vagina have to do with pregnancy?” “We’re here!” I replied. What I should have told him: The vagina is the orifice out of which babies are born. Except probably without the word “orifice.” Apparently, this is a subject on which kids aren’t very clear. The son of one of my friends thinks …
makhala motsamai
4:42 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
I also think its a good idea to talk to them about sex so as not to hear it from their friends first as they might give out wrong information and the kid might have the problem in future more ›