Four things my four-year-old already knows about sex
On a cool December morning when I was 38 weeks pregnant, I stepped out of bed and, with an audible, movie-perfect pop, felt my water break and begin to gush. As I grasped my belly and shouted for my husband with joy and a little bit of panic, my three-year-old dashed into the room and asked, with excitement in his eyes, ?Mommy, is it time for my brother to come out of your vagina"!?
While my son?s language might come as a surprise to some, we were accustomed to him talking about birth in practical, real-life terms?after all, that?s how we?d always discussed it with him. As a certified health education specialist with a master?s degree in public health who has experience teaching sex education to pregnant and parenting teens, I know how important it is to talk to children early and often about sex, reproduction and relationships. Often, grown-up ideas of what innocence should entail or adult awkwardness about sex and reproduction prevent parents from having the kind of important conversations with their children that lay the groundwork for healthy relationships and safe sex down the line.
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