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1) Did your parents talk to you about sex? 

2) How old were you when you first learned about sex?

3) When do you think you will start talking to your kids?

 

1)Yes, my mom did

 2) My mom was honest about it from the beginning, as soon as I had questions she had answers.  So maybe around 4.  The talks got more complex as I got older but I knew what sex was and what it led to at an early age.  

3) I will probably do it the same way my mom did, if my kids can conceive of the question, I will answer it.   

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  • footsie4380footsie4380

    1) Did your parents talk to you about sex? 

    Nope.  I think the hoped that I wouldn't know it existed until I got married.

    2) How old were you when you first learned about sex?

    I'm not really sure.  I probably saw it on the TV while being babysat and made my Barbie and Ken lay belly to belly like they did on soaps, but the finer details of it probably wasn't until science class.

    3) When do you think you will start talking to your kids?

    That's tough because I don't wanna miss the window, but I don't want to introduce it too early.  I work with pre-teen/teenaged boys and they are having sex at 11 and babies at 13.

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    imagesschwege:

    1) Did your parents talk to you about sex? 

    2) How old were you when you first learned about sex?

    3) When do you think you will start talking to your kids?

     

    1) Kind of...in a very vague way. We read a book about it...lol.

    2)  Probably 10ish?

    3)  Early. I feel like the more they know from DH and I rather than friends or tv is better. I've always said that I will answer all of their questions in an age-appropriate manner and be super open about it.

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  • frecks2112frecks2112 member

    1) My dad didn't really, he said, don't do it! I found out from my babysitter, but only about how to use condoms. 

    2) 13

    3) I am going to tell my kids a lot more than how to use condoms. I ended up marrying my first love, and consequently the first person I had sex with. I will tell them how important love is in the sex conversation.

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  • jtenebackjteneback member

    My mom got pregnant when I was about 4 1/2 and I learned about the basics then. 

    When I was a teenager my mom made it obvious that she was very uncomfortable with the topic and that made me not want to talk about it either.  She also claimed that she was a virgin when she got married (at 23, after dating my dad for EIGHT years) and I was pretty sure that was a lie, which made me take what she said about abstinence until marriage a lot less seriously.

    I will definitely talk about sex with my daughters (I will leave DH to talk to any sons, lol) in stages starting with the facts, and as they get older about the emotions and complications of sex.  I also want to work really hard to build good self esteem, as I think that is huge in making good sexual decisions.

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  • jillybean800jillybean800 member

    My mom was pretty honest about it.  We had most of our talks in the car. that way you don't have to look at the person.

    When I was ten, I got the "penis IN the vagina" thing which actually really shocked me.

    I will talk to my kids about sex so much, they won't do it because they'll picture my face. mwahahahaha.

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  • footsie4380footsie4380
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    I will talk to my kids about sex so much, they won't do it because they'll picture my face. mwahahahaha.

    LOL.  Talk about killjoy.

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  • LadyXaverianLadyXaverian member
    imagesschwege:

    1) Did your parents talk to you about sex?  You know, I think so, but I don't remember really. I know my Mom first told me I should wait until marriage. Then as I got older, she switched it to, "When you really love someone", which I thought was cool of her, cuz I didn't get married until I was 26...

    2) How old were you when you first learned about sex? I was only about 4 when my best friend must've had the talk with her parents. She told me that a boy puts his "thingy" in a girl's "thingy" and that's how babies are made. I was mortified and thought she was a liar. I remember asking, "Why would anyone want to do that??"

    3) When do you think you will start talking to your kids?  I don't know, but since I teach middle school and I know an 8th grader who is pregnant, I guess sometime in elementary school.

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  • mchupiemchupie member

    1) Did your parents talk to you about sex? Yes

    2) How old were you when you first learned about sex? I think about 5 years old, but she just explained what it was and told us not to let anyone touch our special places, etc.  At 10 or so, she gave us more details because she wanted us to learn about sex in the context of love, not in the context of horny middle & high schoolers.

    3) When do you think you will start talking to your kids? I think we will go with the same timeline.

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