My mom and dad say that I asked about sex when I was 4 (or 5) and they gave me the book, "Where Did I Come From?" After that I think they left it up to the schools. I found the book and will give it to my daughter if and when she asks, but I'll be a bit more proactive about talking to her about sex when she hits 10 or 11. As someone mentioned earlier, sex is being thrust into kids’ faces a lot earlier now and I want her to know the dangers as well as the good stuff.

I plan to talk to my children about sexuality when it seems appropriate. Surely not at 3 years and 6 years when they are not showing any signs of interest in the opposite sex or in sexuality. It depends on your child at what age the subject should be discussed. My guess would be somewhere around 9 or 10. Maybe the few of you who have older children would be better at answering this question?

Hello! Interestingly enough we are already having certain conversations with our 8 year old son. Recently he asked what masturbation was…a reference was made in the recent Transformers movie that he saw at a friends house (ugh). We gave a very short answer and he seemed to be satisfied with the answer. We also talked to his 2nd grade teacher in case the subject was being talked about at school and she was awesome and very supportive!! (it wasn't) 2 nights ago he asked why a man was dressed like a woman...he saw a commercial for a talk show which brought up the question and again we answered in a very brief response and he was happy with our answer. It is TOTALLY amazing how young in age our children are and they are being hounded with such adult issues through the media. Just goes to show how much you have to monitor what they watch. However I feel that even though I may be monitoring what he is watching, clearly other parents aren't and then such subjects are brought up in our home. So far we have tried to be as honest and non-technical with him, but also very brief in our response and he seems satisfied with our answers. We probably wouldn't choose to talk about these certain subjects for another 2 years or so, but we have found that we have to "go with the flow."  Since he is asking we feel it's important to answer him in an age appropriate manner so that it doesn't make him feel uncomfortable or taboo. Keeping those lines of communication open! All this parenting stuff is such "on the job training" and certainly we are learning a lot!! Good Luck!!!

I am sure some questions will come and go when they are young. like where does a baby come from......a mommy and daddy who love each other very much. I have had to answer the question “What’s that?” I said, “That’s his pee pee.” “Oh!” is all she replied and went on playing. I plan on keeping answers short and sweet for a long time. I think they teach sex ed in 5th grade now so I can imagine questions will come. I feel that society is making sexuality come younger and younger. That clothing is being made for little kids to look like teens and dancing has gotten dirty. They think they are cute or don’t even know what they are doing. With this being the topic of the month, I thought this would be good to pass on. Hope this helps.  http://www.pampers.com/en_US/learning.do?page=tpc_article_details&topicId=207&ty\pe=101&contentId=9283