"Mummy, come quick, there is something wrong with the duck!"

[love_a_duck]

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[ejctm]

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THIS one made me laugh my socks off!!!

Would love to have the youtube link - just to hear the "crazy mother screaming in the background"! LOL

 

[katharinad]

I'm all for explaining it. Nothing wrong with it. There is nothing perverse about it either. It's a natural thing. I grew up in Germany and they teach sexual education in 6th grade, no opting out either. They don't even teach the biological aspect, but also the importance of a relationship. As a result the pregnancy rate is much lower then in other nations that don't do it. I didn't have protected sex until I was 19. Late for some but it was my choice, and I'm still married to the same man. Anyway I rather have a child that does know those things, then one the doesn't and get into trouble. I rather have them understand and learn it correctly, then from some friends/bodies that are clueless. So the boys had fun with the camera watching chicken doing what is natural. I actually find it funny. Reality is they know the difference, and that is includes human differences. All that tells me it is time to educate the boys. Just be open about it and answer questions. I would not hide the truth. We have a silly joke in Germany about two dogs doing it in the middle of the street. A little girl asks her embarrassed mother what they are doing. She told the girl that on dog was blind and the other one was pushing it across the street.

 

[katharinad]

cheri222 wrote:

I couldn't figure out why my son and his buddy were out watching the chickens the other day for so long (11 and 12 yo). Trying to get a video with the friends cell phone of the chickens........!! Not funny. I can see it now on you tube, piggybacking chickens with crazy mother screaming in the background. The cell phone is now banned from my house.

Oh man I want to see that video. Do you have the link? I find that hilarious.​

 

[critterranch]

the piggy back thing was for some 3-5 year old kids visiting my house. which never seen a chicken or duck before or any farm animal at that. real city kids that were sheltered. they dont know where eggs come from. now for farm kids thats a different story. everyday life most dont even pay attention to them.

 

[katharinad]

I had to teach my friends kids the difference between meats, fruits and vegetables. They knew beef, but where clueless to the difference in vegetables and fruits. They had a hard time keeping them apart. City kids. Farm kids have no issues at all. Its all natural to them. And then city people worry about raising kids on a farm and missing out on all the educational stuff found in cities.

 

[Sootsie]

my 5yr old grandson is aware chicks come from eggs that chickens lay after they had a broody sit on some hatching eggs. So we are sat watching cartoons and he says

"mamar do girl dogs lay puppy eggs"

me "no darling puppys are born"

5yr old "but how without an egg"

me "the mummy dog looks after the egg in her tummy"

5yr old "is that to stop the naughty animals pinching them"

"yes darling"

5 yr old "how does the egg get there"

me "oooo look superman is on tv"

some holes just get that bit too deep lol

we have since found a video on utube of puppys being born which answered most of his questions

 

[Baymule]

I agree that kids should be given a straight answer. Dunno if I was prepared though, when my 3 year old grand daughter looked under my jackass' belly and remarked in an offhand way, "He has a penis."

 

[MrsDuck]

This thread made me laugh out loud several times. I just know my toddler is going to start asking questions any day now - those ducks aren't discrete, are they?! We're definitely straight answer sort of folks around here, but when the kid belongs to someone else sometimes it's hard to know what to say.

We're working on potty training. Small Fry seems to really like to tell us what body part the things that go in the potty come from. At dinner. In front of guests. Sigh.

 

[katharinad]

I find that funny. I bet everyone gets a good laugh out of it. Kids can be so hilarious, and they do it in such uncomplicated way. Kind of hey, I know something. They smack out on the table and a second later they take about some toy the want. They just fly across 10 topics with mind boggling speed on one breath of air. Fantastic lungs, right?