Comments on: In Which I Explain Sex To A Kindergartner, Via A Stud Horse

By: ...and PuppyDog Tails

...and PuppyDog Tails — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:29:17 +0000

[...] had certain talks with my son. But apparently I’ve missed some basics? Yes, in case you are wondering…we [...]

By: Kar

Kar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:46:45 +0000

You did an awesome job on this…
I cant imagine how I will fall into this
but since my son uses sign language…it’ll be interesting (from afar)

thx…and thats a perfect picture!

…kar

By: tacomamama

tacomamama — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:23:08 +0000

I didn’t think my daughter was all that curious yet, but she cornered a friend of mine who was babysitting an d asked her all kinds of questions. So we bought the “It’s not the stork” books. (All 3 but the first is for your son’s age). She loves them and it makes for lots of fun moments, like randomly asking her dad if he has a foreskin.

By: melissa

melissa — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:20:13 +0000

same stuff going on here! we call them special hugs here at my house.
parenting.
fun times.

By: Meg

Meg — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:54:27 +0000

It sounds like you handled it perfectly. My parents never discussed things like that with us, rather they pretended that we never heard/saw it. Your openness and honesty with your kiddos is great, even if you feel like it didn’t go well.

Gotta love what tv teaches our kids.

By: Summer

Summer — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:15:41 +0000

It could have been worse, a friend of mine’s son put a movie in to watch that turned out to be porn. Now that will warp a 6 year old’s mind. LOL You handled it great.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:22:49 +0000

LOL. Too funny.

My kids are a few years older, and you know what? I still have not gotten around to the subject…

By: Elena

Elena — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:01:03 +0000

I’m taking notes for 3 1/2 yr old….seriously funny….let us know how the next talk goes….

By: jaelithe

jaelithe — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:18:56 +0000

Oh, I think you did fine. Just fine. Really.

My kid is really into gardening with me and I’ve already had occasion to explain to him how pollination works. I’ve even told him about how DNA is in each living cell like a set of instructions on how to grow a living thing, and I’ve told him that he got half of his DNA from me and half from his father (and that his red hair is a recessive gene).

And of course he’s been asking me why I don’t have a penis since he was about two and a half.

So I figure it’s only a matter of time before he puts all of this stuff together, and asks me, “But Mommy, HOW did Daddy give you those DNA instructions to grow me in your belly?”

Yeah . . . I am pretty sure he won’t even need the Discovery channel.

By: mommymae

mommymae — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:15:02 +0000

we had this conversation last year when our girls were in kindergarten. freaked me out way more than it did them, but they did ask if mommy and daddy had sex.