Comments on: Too Soon for The Birds and The Bees http://mommybrain.net/2006/04/18/too-soon-for-the-birds-and-the-bees/ It happens to the best of us. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:28:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: mom/goggy http://mommybrain.net/2006/04/18/too-soon-for-the-birds-and-the-bees/#comment-306 mom/goggy Sun, 23 Apr 2006 05:05:25 +0000 http://mommybrain.net/2006/04/18/too-soon-for-the-birds-and-the-bees/#comment-306 I think you got off the hook just in time ~ BUT, mind you, this kid is too quick and sharp to let this one go by for very long. What goes around comes around! I have to chuckle, because it seems like yesterday that YOU my dear, were asking those same questions. I trust you'll do a better job at answering them than I did. I think you got off the hook just in time ~ BUT, mind you, this kid is too quick and sharp to let this one go by for very long. What goes around comes around! I have to chuckle, because it seems like yesterday that YOU my dear, were asking those same questions. I trust you’ll do a better job at answering them than I did.

]]> By: amylola http://mommybrain.net/2006/04/18/too-soon-for-the-birds-and-the-bees/#comment-305 amylola Fri, 21 Apr 2006 03:56:02 +0000 http://mommybrain.net/2006/04/18/too-soon-for-the-birds-and-the-bees/#comment-305 That's great. I love the universality of the "China" translation. That’s great. I love the universality of the “China” translation.

]]> By: jainesy http://mommybrain.net/2006/04/18/too-soon-for-the-birds-and-the-bees/#comment-304 jainesy Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:37:10 +0000 http://mommybrain.net/2006/04/18/too-soon-for-the-birds-and-the-bees/#comment-304 Don't feel bad we just last week finally answered that question for Ethan. We tried a couple years ago, but he went around telling people he was "from China." (think about it) Don’t feel bad we just last week finally answered that question for Ethan. We tried a couple years ago, but he went around telling people he was “from China.” (think about it)

]]> By: amylola http://mommybrain.net/2006/04/18/too-soon-for-the-birds-and-the-bees/#comment-303 amylola Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:42:32 +0000 http://mommybrain.net/2006/04/18/too-soon-for-the-birds-and-the-bees/#comment-303 Me too! Me too!

]]> By: 6degrees http://mommybrain.net/2006/04/18/too-soon-for-the-birds-and-the-bees/#comment-302 6degrees Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:16:29 +0000 http://mommybrain.net/2006/04/18/too-soon-for-the-birds-and-the-bees/#comment-302 LMAO! I <b><i>love</b></i> Calvin & Hobbes! LMAO! I love Calvin & Hobbes!

]]> By: 6degrees http://mommybrain.net/2006/04/18/too-soon-for-the-birds-and-the-bees/#comment-301 6degrees Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:14:55 +0000 http://mommybrain.net/2006/04/18/too-soon-for-the-birds-and-the-bees/#comment-301 And time is definitely a good thing. There is no right or wrong, just different ways of raising kids. I think the best thing about waiting is enjoying their innocence as long as possible. I lost a that element of innocence in my daughter about two years ago, and she will be seven in November. Although it was still kinda cute when I would be giving her a bath and she would say "Don't forget to wash my china." And time is definitely a good thing. There is no right or wrong, just different ways of raising kids. I think the best thing about waiting is enjoying their innocence as long as possible. I lost a that element of innocence in my daughter about two years ago, and she will be seven in November. Although it was still kinda cute when I would be giving her a bath and she would say “Don’t forget to wash my china.”

]]> By: amylola http://mommybrain.net/2006/04/18/too-soon-for-the-birds-and-the-bees/#comment-300 amylola Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:12:12 +0000 http://mommybrain.net/2006/04/18/too-soon-for-the-birds-and-the-bees/#comment-300 You're right. Words really only have as much power as we give them. We've taken the same tactic with Quinn -- we call parts and functions what they are, we don't make up pet names. But, yeah, there comes a point when you're just too tired to properly satiate the insatiable -- that is, the curiousity of a child. I love your rain explanation. Reminiscent of Calvin's dad from "Calvin & Hobbes". You’re right. Words really only have as much power as we give them. We’ve taken the same tactic with Quinn — we call parts and functions what they are, we don’t make up pet names.

But, yeah, there comes a point when you’re just too tired to properly satiate the insatiable — that is, the curiousity of a child. I love your rain explanation. Reminiscent of Calvin’s dad from “Calvin & Hobbes”.

]]> By: 6degrees http://mommybrain.net/2006/04/18/too-soon-for-the-birds-and-the-bees/#comment-299 6degrees Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:05:44 +0000 http://mommybrain.net/2006/04/18/too-soon-for-the-birds-and-the-bees/#comment-299 My wife was blunt- penis, vagina, semen... Really graphic, and I was totally shocked at first. After all, we have been socially trained to react a certain way to certain words, but I realized that these are mere words. Some might call it desensitization, but I think it is a healthy breakdown of the barriers that make us uncomfortable. I use the same mentality when I need to speak to my supervisor or manager, where "rank" is involved. I feel like "Hey, we are all human beings here. What's the deal?" We have, on more than one occasion, just conceded when we were at a reasonably truthful point, rather than have a two hour dissertation of why there is rain. "Yes, it is because God is sad with you screaming at your mom." ;-) My wife was blunt- penis, vagina, semen… Really graphic, and I was totally shocked at first. After all, we have been socially trained to react a certain way to certain words, but I realized that these are mere words. Some might call it desensitization, but I think it is a healthy breakdown of the barriers that make us uncomfortable. I use the same mentality when I need to speak to my supervisor or manager, where “rank” is involved. I feel like “Hey, we are all human beings here. What’s the deal?”

We have, on more than one occasion, just conceded when we were at a reasonably truthful point, rather than have a two hour dissertation of why there is rain. “Yes, it is because God is sad with you screaming at your mom.” ;-)

]]> By: amylola http://mommybrain.net/2006/04/18/too-soon-for-the-birds-and-the-bees/#comment-298 amylola Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:21:14 +0000 http://mommybrain.net/2006/04/18/too-soon-for-the-birds-and-the-bees/#comment-298 My husband says his mom was the same way. And I definitely believe that being direct and honest with kids is the best policy. I'm just not sure how you'd actually honestly explain procreation to a four year old. Thankfully I managed to distract Quinn last night and have bought myself some time. :) My husband says his mom was the same way. And I definitely believe that being direct and honest with kids is the best policy. I’m just not sure how you’d actually honestly explain procreation to a four year old.

Thankfully I managed to distract Quinn last night and have bought myself some time. :)

]]> By: 6degrees http://mommybrain.net/2006/04/18/too-soon-for-the-birds-and-the-bees/#comment-297 6degrees Wed, 19 Apr 2006 16:29:39 +0000 http://mommybrain.net/2006/04/18/too-soon-for-the-birds-and-the-bees/#comment-297 Ever since I met my wife, she was <i>always</i> cutting to the chase, never leaving anything out. If there ever was a question about The Birds And The Bees, she would always start with "Well, when you love someone, like Mommy and Daddy..." all the way to "And remember that if you don't wait until you are married, you must always use a condom." YIKES! The kids are only 8 and 12! But the thing of it is, she has always been open and honest to the kids. We have trained my two stepsons and our daughter about strangers by role-playing. "Will you help find my puppy. I will give you candy if you do", and talked about sexual abuse, that if it ever happens, no matter how embarassed or scared they feel, they can ALWAYS talk to us. Open lines of communication have really helped out with my now seventeen-year-old step-son, and girls. Open lines of communication definitely work, not saying you won't, but it may help in breaking the awkwardness by starting now, really early, whether Quinn understands or not. At least it would build a foundation. Happy Blogging! Ever since I met my wife, she was always cutting to the chase, never leaving anything out. If there ever was a question about The Birds And The Bees, she would always start with “Well, when you love someone, like Mommy and Daddy…” all the way to “And remember that if you don’t wait until you are married, you must always use a condom.” YIKES! The kids are only 8 and 12! But the thing of it is, she has always been open and honest to the kids. We have trained my two stepsons and our daughter about strangers by role-playing. “Will you help find my puppy. I will give you candy if you do”, and talked about sexual abuse, that if it ever happens, no matter how embarassed or scared they feel, they can ALWAYS talk to us. Open lines of communication have really helped out with my now seventeen-year-old step-son, and girls. Open lines of communication definitely work, not saying you won’t, but it may help in breaking the awkwardness by starting now, really early, whether Quinn understands or not. At least it would build a foundation.

Happy Blogging!

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