Raising smart boys

[ksacres]

I learned about the birds and the bees at a very young age (I think I was around 5 or 6 when it actually understood what was happening). I didn't turn into a mutant.

 

[horsejody]

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Are you sure?

 

[bawkbawkbawk]

My oldest son was a very early reader. He had a kiddie anatomy book and at age 4 became fascinated with fallopian tubes. Wanted to know EVERYTHING about them.

So we had the "talk" really early. Actually was very easy and probably avoided awkwardness down the road.

 

[Katy]

Having been raised around cattle and other animals all their lives my kids knew about the birds and the bees since they were old enough to ask the question about what they were doing. It's only easier for us parents to deal with by not telling them the truth about what is going on.

 

[conny63malies]

Mom , what is that worm hanging on Pumpkins butt(our muscovy drake)?

 

[TriciaHowe]

My 10 year old dd pairs up her own birds now depending on what she wants. She knows about the birds and the bees, animal husbandry, embryology and unfortunately death as well. Just a fact of life on a farm.
I think if your just straight foward and present the facts that kids are pretty quick to pick up on things....

 

[warmfuzzies]

I guess I am really different! My DD (age 4) sees them all the time. "Oh, look mom, that rooster is trying to make babies again!"

She knows that they come out of eggs which come out of chickens, so how they get there is just part of it. I guess I think the earlier you start the better. It is just a natural course of life when you live on a farm.

We just really try not to put them off when they ask about it, and usually it does not become awkward. If you dont make it about '$ex' and make it about life, the circle of life and how things work, they dont think it is weird at all, and it makes it easier to talk about.

 

[JessaLynn]

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Good point! I feel it's there dads duty to talk to the boys so I just avoid all sex related questions and say go ask your dad.Haha! I'll talk to my daughter about it because I guess it seems easier to me.I'm gonna try to get over the ackwardness though with my boys just because it is apart of life and they need to be clued in on it from there parents rather then learn about it from t.v. or wherever.

 

[tazcat70]

For the life of me I cannot think of something they have asked me, that is like that.

But they both know about mating. We also use/used scientific terms for certain body parts. My son is 12 my daughter is 7 and my baby son is 1.

 

[debilorrah]

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I was always honest with my son when he asked questions like that from a very early age. I was never embarassed either. It saved HIM from embarassment later on because he already knew.