Parents; How DID you explain to you’re kids about “the birds and the bees”?
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Bee Movie is a computer-animated film from Jerry Seinfeld. Barry B. Benson (Seinfeld), is a bee who has just graduated from college, and is disillusioned with his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry’s life is saved by Vanessa (Renée Zellweger), a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans have been stealing and eating the honey, and subsequently decides to file a class action lawsuit against humans. Soon, Barry’s actions raise a hectic war between humans and bees and he’s caught right in the middle.
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Question by Dani: Let’s do the time warp!: Parents; How DID you explain to you’re kids about “the birds and the bees”?
The featured content on the home page raised an interesting question.
Also, WHEN do you think kids should get “the talk”?
Discuss.
Feel free to answer in the comment section below
7 Responses to Parents; How DID you explain to you’re kids about “the birds and the bees”?
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oh god please help me, if I ever find that stupid yamster Im going to ring his neck until my 60 TU fall out.
Zorro
December 24, 2011 at 7:49 am
Discuss??? how bout lets give it a rest???
momma dread
December 24, 2011 at 8:39 am
It blows my mind that there are still parents out there who think that you can talk to kids once about sex and forget about it. You start at birth when you teach your children to keep their genitals clean and you stop when you feel like your child is an adult who can be trusted to use condoms when having sex. It’s a process, like teaching them manners. You start early and continue until they are out of your house (or longer), even if they act like they’re not listening.
india lima foxtrot, beeotches
December 24, 2011 at 8:54 am
For the four time in the past two days I will answer this.
My husband will talk to the boys. I will take each of my daughters out one at a time for ice cream or a walk in the park during the time that they are in fourth grade (because the puberty video is that year). I’d ask her what she know and clarify those things. Then I’d offer to buy her a training bra and box of pads just in case. To pass the time I would tell her funny stories about my puberty adventures. As for sex, I will answer the questions honestly as they come.
SNicole
December 24, 2011 at 9:25 am
I remember getting the talk at age 5. Yes, 5.
My mother was laboring with my little sister and I wanted to know where babies came from. Plain and simple… I wasn’t going for some BS either. (I was highly intelligent). So… my parents just laid it all on the line… About what happens when a man and a woman love eachother very much and so on…
I got a more ‘detailed’ discussion around age 12 complete with hand-drawn diagrams of reproductive systems and what not. Ew.
I ﾚo√乇 Mason! My 9-9-09 baby!
December 24, 2011 at 9:30 am
Not one talk. It comes out in dribs and drabs. She’ll ask something, I’ll answer it. She’s 8 and she’s known the basic mechanics of it for two years now. I also got her the book “Where Did I Come From?” It’s perfectfor this age. I remember reading it.
Patience
December 24, 2011 at 10:19 am
I take it step by step. I have 4 kids – (ages 8, 10, 13, and 16) so the “talk” is definitely something I have/will have to face as a parent. Talking about sex really begins when they are 3/4/5 years old, when I teach them the importance of keeping their private parts private and never letting anyone touch their body in a way that makes them feel uncomfortable. When they’re a little bit older – sometime before they’re in middle school, (or when I feel like puberty might be on it’s way, which is usually around 9-11 years old) – I will take out my daughters, and my husband will do the same for my sons, and talk about the upcoming physical and emotional changes during puberty and ask if they have any questions.
For my 13 year old, this meant simply going out to get ice cream and offering to buy her pads just in case, around that time we also went bra shopping for the first time. I didn’t throw anything more than that at her, and we kept the tone light – I remember sharing several funny puberty stories. I reminded her that if she had questions, no matter how awkward or weird she felt, I was open to her asking or talking about them to me. Around that time we will sit down and talk about sex as well, but it’s a process. I can’t say there’s a specific age, time, or place to do this, we just kept it in a process and talked about everything when the time was right, making sure that we emphasized the point that we encourage their questions…
And when they did ask questions, we gave them honest (but age appropriate!) answers. At least by the time they’re in 6th grade they should probably be having health classes anyway, so it’s mostly likely that much of the sex ed will be covered in school, but it’s also important to have that atmosphere at home, too.
My only advice to new parents or parents that haven’t been through this yet is to RELAX! It will be ok…no matter how awkward it feels, remember what it was like when you were a kid…you were probably just as uncomfortable as your parents/teacher/guardian was. And pretty much everybody goes through it!
Good luck!
Mia
December 24, 2011 at 10:21 am