Discussion Wednesday - "The Talk"
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Caroline's son recently turned eight and she was super excited because he got to be baptized. Other people in her ward were excited because she could talk about S-E-X with him.
Caroline thinks that would be the most horrible birthday present ever: "Congratulations. You're getting baptized and now you get to know about 'when a mommy and a daddy love each other very much this is what happens...' "
Yeah. Not so much.
Me on the other hand?
I actually DID talk to my children about S-E-X when they turned eight. It started with my oldest and was out of necessity. We were living in Chicago at the time and when my oldest was in 1st grade she came home and asked me what a VERY explicit sexual act meant.
Yeah. It was time to "have the talk."
And I did.
I followed the advice of Linda and Richard Eyre and then also used 1Nephi 11 (watch for how the Lord teaches Nephi using the word LOOK) as my model on how to talk about S-E-X with her. It worked for us. In fact, because I had talked about it with my kids at a young age, when it came time for the Sex Ed Chapter in Junior High Health Class, it was no big deal. This was just supplemental information to them, because the real knowledge had come from me and their Dad.
We had taken the time to establish open lines of communication about S-E-X at a young age, and they weren't embarrassed to talk with us about what they were learning in their health class.
What about YOU?
When did you talk about S-E-X with your kids?
If you haven't had to do that yet, when do you plan on talking to them?
Because let's face it: You have to. Pretending that they don't ever see or hear about this stuff is naive. They will and they do hear about it. Their friends WILL talk to them.
Where do you want the information coming from?
Ready. Set. Comment.
