that's what I thought when I read this!

If she wants to get pregnant, don't tell her! ;-)

I'll help her with that... :)

hahahaha

we don't know that

I don't wanna be rude but they explained that to you when you were 7? that's not exactly great parenting

there's heaps of people who would have found out from watching tv

I was told round about 7 years old too. I had asked about it because I got a human body book ( a kids one) and there was a bit about sex in it. At that age kids are naturally curious about their body and even if they do not ask about sex they are bound to ask something to do with puberty. At nine years old in school all the girls got a talk about periods which caught most of us before we started them and proper sex ed started at eleven.

And why, exactly, is it bad parenting, #31? I'm not saying you should take your kid to a whorehouse at the age of 7 (or ever), but what is the problem of explaining sex at that age? It is BECAUSE of a prude approach that kids end up not knowing anything and endangering themselves and their partners.

I got the talk about puberty around the age of 7 and then more info as and when I wanted to know. I would say most of my 'talks' were from 7-10 and then school took over until I was about 15 and my mum took me to get birth control. Bare in mind 1) I'm in the UK and the age of consent is 16 not 18 before anyone bitches about my mum getting me on the pill so young 2) Not everyone goes on the pill for contraception, it helps heavy periods/pms/acne etc too..

i think being seven is way to early for sex talk, puberty talk still to early unless your genetics make it possible your daughter to get it that early. The way I thought about it when your seven your in first/second grade. I think at least nine for puberty and 11 for sex.

My mum was an early developer (not that early though) but I also had an older brother so they were giving him this talk around 9 and decided that they may as well tell me too before he did. I got everything a bit early because my parents wanted me to hear it from them rather than my brother.

By nine I already had my period and was growing ****. I think it was a bit too late for the talk by then. Seven is fine, seven is when I had the talk, when most people I know had the talk and none of them have turned out damaged. You're fully capable of processing it all by then. Its hardly a traumatic event.

They make books for young children (like 4) explaining "where babies come from," and considering that the one I had happened to even be religious (which I didn't realize until I found it years later and noticed it said things like "God made men and women to fit together a certain way"), I don't think it's that big of a deal. It's not like you're giving them a Monty Python-esque demonstration. Seven is really not too young to explain the basics, especially considering that some girls start puberty that early.

ok theres a difference between a sex talk and an anatomy talk.i also believe seven is too young for that.maybe 12.defimately not when they r still in elementary school.thumbs me down all you want :) not gonna change my mind

I agree 191 as I said earlier 7 way to young for sex talk , puberty talk maybe but I don't know of many girls who got there period in grade 1 maybe wait till there about 10 , sex talk is completely unnecessary at 7

57 I'm not a prude just because I don't think someone in the first grade needs to know about sex, I'm all for giving the talk but I don't see any reason to do it that early and I'm not sure why you think that's appropriate

#217, note that I didn't call you specifically a prude. I don't understand why you think it's NOT appropriate. It's not like you're explaining positions to them, or showing them 2girls1cup videos. Just a very basic explanation. Sex ia natural action that every living thing engages in. Just because in human society it has become sort of a taboo, does not mean that it's "not appropriate" to explain how things work. Most kids would also have already asked by that age- would you lie to them and tell them a stork brings the babies? You haven't actually given a reason as to why it's too early. Would it damage the kid? would it turn himher into nymphos as they grow up? Just what is your reason?

232..they dont need that information at 7years old.wat the hell r they gonna do with it?u myt as well tell them wen they get a little more interested...like 12..just necause u hit puberty dont mean u start gettin horny and shit.i hit it at 9 and i felt the same.just had a little blood come out of me every month

I know girls who had sex and got pregnant while in elementary school. If there are 11 year olds getting pregnant, we probably shouldn't wait until 11 or 12 to give them the talk. Just saying.

Every child is different. Some children are ready to hear the basics that young, some are not. It's a fine line. I think it's better to get it out of the way when they're young and not embarrassed to hear about it. The older kids get the less they want to hear about sex from their parents.

#233, I was told about sex when I was four (Mostly because I had walked in on my parents having sex, obviously lying to me about what they were doing would have been stupid.). I wasn't traumatized or anything, though I think children should at least be told the very basics of it around 7. It depends on the child though, some children can handle being told about it at an early age while others cannot.

4year olds cant grasp wat sex is so thats kinda pointless.and 7 is too young in my opinion.i never met a 7 year old interested in sex..i doubt they will even have sexual desires to the point where u need to talk to them about it..and for the other girl.most eleven year olds dont have sex and or get pregnant.5th grade.really?if thats the case nowadays i feel sorry for our future society.but anyway,yea 12,i believe is an appropiate age.most kids under 13 arent active

^^^^^^AGREED^^^^^^

my mom was always open to questions I had and would answer them truthfully I'm also he youngest of three girls and when they would ask a question in the car I'd get the answer too. I can't even remember ever getting the specific sex talk or what age I just learned. I know though by 8 I knew about sex and girl stuff

ok r we talkin about how mommies and daddies make babies at age 7 and 8 or how u need to be safe when u hsve sex take bc and use condoms?there is a big difference

you're saying I need a reason not to, what is your reasoning for telling them so early? what 7 yr olds actually need to know and I wouldn't say the stork brings babies and I'm assuming if you can't lie about that why don't we take away all there innocence and tell them that Santa claus aren't real either and you were insinuating that I was a prude

In your earlier comment were you saying give the puberty talk at 10 or the sex talk at 10? Puberty talk at 10 would've been too late for a lot of people I know. I think, especially with girls, the puberty talk needs to be done as early as you can. I think it'd be far more damaging for a girl to wake up bleeding one day and have no idea why because you wanted to keep her innocent a while longer. Look how well Carrie turned out?! I think a lot of the time kids will ask about sex when they're ready (like when other kids start telling them at school) but if they don't 12 is probably a good age for that. Any later than 12 and you've missed the boat really. It's all a case of knowing your child, some are really mature for their age and develop quite early.

I meant the sex talk later obviously the puberty talk may need to come quite early for some girls and yes it is definitely a case of knowing your children and how matured they are

Agreed. Ultimately its the parent's job to educate their kids, but in this day and age, and as technology savvy as kids are these days... how stupid is she? How can you make it into your teens and not understand how pregnancy occurs? Wait, os she home schooled???

esp because OP is the dad.. that would be SOOO weird for me o_o

This.

I think she has bigger problems, her mum is a man..

that's exactly what I was thinking