When to start talking about sex
What Age Should I Start Talking About Sex
welcome to talk and fry of Education
series on overcoming the most common
obstacles to talk and comfortably with
your children about sex and sexuality so
today's common question that we're going
to answer is when should I start talking
to my child about the birds and the bees
actually you can start as early as three
or four years old but whatever age your
child is you can start then as soon as
children start asking questions they
deserve age-appropriate answers if you
look at it as a developmental milestone
children need certain information at
certain ages so that they can grow up as
healthily as possible children naturally
start to ask questions somewhere between
the ages of four and six if they don't
bring it up then you can start the
conversation the reason you want to
bring it up is because at this age it's
no big deal they just fold it into the
information they are learning about life
in general and we know that when
children learn what they need to learn
at the appropriate age then they become
sexually healthy children who turn into
sexually healthy adolescents who turn
into sexually healthy adults if you can
think of it like math you teach children
basic math skills like counting and
arithmetic and then eventually you move
on to calculus but you don't teach
arithmetic in the 12th grade because
it's too late and you can't teach
calculus if you haven't taught
arithmetic in the first place so
children between the ages of 4 and 8
need to know the truth about where
babies come from a great way to deliver
this information is with books Roby
Harris's book it's not the stork is a
great tool for this
it has great language illustrations that
really make it accessible and fun for
children to learn if you open up the
conversation about sex and sexuality
early then when they grow up they'll be
much more likely to talk to you about
all the other stuff in their lives and
what parent doesn't want that for more
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