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If they're curious, yes I've told my young kids about procreation. You don't have to be explicit, and they stopped me when they stopped being curious. I told t
by awb 5y ago
If they're curious, yes I've told my young kids about procreation. You don't have to be explicit, and they stopped me when they stopped being curious.
I told them that sometimes a man will give a seed to the woman and that seed grows inside an egg in her body. It then grows until it's ready to come out, and that's the baby's birthday.
Super simplified (and perhaps sheltered), but not lying.
Marriage is even easier. Sometimes two people love each other and make a commitment to be together even when things are difficult. But sometimes they become too difficult and one or both of them decides they don't want to be married any more.
But yes, I do think it's good to indulge a child's curiosity.
- germinalphrase 5y agoEveryone has to tailor to their own values, but I think these are good, clear descriptions.
- PartiallyTyped 5y ago> But yes, I do think it's good to indulge a child's curiosity. My mother indulging my curiosity is precisely why I am who I am today. She's told me that my most frequent word was why. That voracious thirst for knowledge and understanding shaped me into the scientist that I am, and we certainly need more scientists if we are to solve the pressing issues of our society.
- sumedh 5y agoHow does the man give the seed and can I see the seed?
- awb 5y agoWe used a book when the questions got more detailed: https://www.amazon.com/Sex-Funny-Word-Bodies-Feelings/dp/1609806069 https://www.amazon.com/Sex-Funny-Word-Bodies-Feelings/dp/160... Google Image search works too to show illustrations or medical drawings of sex organs.