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say it is something u will understand when u r bigger |
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it is as love. |
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let the kid do what he/she wants... |
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say shutup u kid |
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hit him/her in the face. |
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:00 pm
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Shenyu Quote: If they're considering sex, but know that after enjoying it they'll be hesitant to call up their mom or dad or sibling and say "It was wonderful," then it's probably not the right time for it. Or they value privacy... Seriously, WHO would call anyone after that? "Hey, I just had sex"...
I don't mean that a person should have sex, then immediately make a phone call and blurt it out to anyone. What I mean is that, had I had sex before I got married, I would have had to sit on that secret forever, and there would have always been a shadow over my ability to be honest with my mother (and my future children, if I had/wanted them).
Because I didn't, I was able to call my mother a few days after my honeymoon. She didn't have to ask "Did you have sex?" The understanding of everyone who saw my wedding ring was that I had. There was no need to say when, how, how often... but there is a society-wide understanding that my ring (and in my community, my covered hair) meant that I've known intimacy. My mother was free to ask, if she wanted to know, "How was... the honeymoon? Are you okay with everything? Is there anything you need to talk about?" And I was free to say, "It was wonderful," if it was, or "I don't really like it," if I didn't. There was no question of if/when/how, only whether I needed her to console me for anything that hadn't gone as I'd hoped, or if I wanted to share joy with her over how well it had gone.
I actually got to the point of preparing myself to be intimate with my partner before we married, and then I called and said I couldn't. I didn't want our first time to be shrouded in secrecy, something I'd ever feel the need to lie about.
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:55 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:11 am
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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:25 am
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:08 pm
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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:14 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:43 pm
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First off, let me say sorry if i'm repeating someone else. I only read the first page of replies.
To me, it depends on the age of the child asking the question. You wouldn't want to scare a child who isn't mentally prepared for the answer. Any one can tell the truth without telling the WHOLE truth. If you know what I mean.
To answer a child that hasn't started school yet, you could probably get away with just telling them that it is just something that married *ahem* people do to show their love.
However, once a child starts school, you don't want them to find out the so-called facts of life from someone who wouldn't care to fill their heads with all kinds of negative/untrue stuff.
Be as honest as you can. If it makes you embarrassed then chances are the kids will pick up on it and become embarrassed themselves. Just remember, there are all levels of honesty. One good way to ascertain how much you child is ready for is to simply ask them.
"What is sex, Mommy?" "What do you want to know, sweetheart?"
Let them fill you in on what EXACTLY they want to know.
I reckon I kind of got off easy on the dreaded question. My kids were raised around a lots of dogs and other animals such as cows and chickens. Not too much to explain to them when they are exposed to animals in heat. My kids saw puppies, kittens, as well as baby calves being born when they were little. It was just treated at natural.
Hope I helped you with your question. razz
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Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:43 pm
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Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:14 pm
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In a way, you could say the school system took care of the sex-talk for me. My parents never sat me down or anything, but they've always been there to answer my questions and I'm sure that if I ever had brought it up that they would have answered it. However, my parents did implicitly discuss it (comments on things heard in the news, and the like). My mom once gave me this encyclopedia about women's health, and sex was included in it. But my real "teacher" was probably the Church and I've had a concept that sex is something sacred, not something profane or something that should be taken for granted.
My question for "kids" who want to have sex is: why do you want to know? how do you know about it? why are you bringing it up?
I think those questions have a lot more to do with my answer than anything else (this is under the assumption that it's popping up here on a Gaia forum, not that one of my second cousins is coming up to me asking about it sweatdrop ). From an outsiders perspective, teen sex seems to me more like a power play than a sign of honest love and affection. Even if it actually starts out as a sharing of love, rarely does it continue to be so. Thus, my answers tend to be: what do you think your mental health is going to be like? Along with: do you want to think of this person for the rest of your life if you don't actually wind up with him / her?
I find the one thing that people rarely mention is that you don't forget sexual encounters (loosely used here to include everything from a kiss to intercourse). How many people have bemoaned their first kiss being crappy? Do you really want your first sexual experience to be with a jerk, to be like a rotten first kiss? The commericals about have all the sex partners in the bed is true, not just on the physical health side, but of the memories as well, all of a sudden Ex-Number-One pops up when Current-Partner does something, and that can kill the mood.
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 6:58 pm
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Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:40 am
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:43 pm
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Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 8:33 pm
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