The Birds and the Bees

The Bird and the Bees, aka the sex talk, something every parent dreads. we talked about how important it is for the PARENTS to teach their children about  their body and about sex. It is important to talk to your kids according to their age and understanding. here are some suggestions that we came up in class about talking to your kids about sex. 

Don't:

1. Tell your children that sex is bad

  2. Use improper names for body parts

3. Be ashamed or shy to talk to them and answer there questions

  4. Leave it up to someone else to talk to your kids( you don't want kids at school teaching your children!)

6. Shut down(this means not telling them anything or having a panic attack when or if they do come to you with a question.)

Do:

1. Talk to your children openly according to their age/understanding.

2. Be the source your children can go to

3. Talk to your children as husband and wife

4. Answer questions and teach your children when the questions are asked

5. Be positive and not negative when discussing

6. Make sure you are continually teaching instead of just having one "talk"

I am not going to Lie but this topic always makes me feel a little nervous. I grew up in a place where we didn't really talk about it. At the start of this unit i didn't realize that it was so important to talk to your own kids at an earlier age. I guess i have been pretty sheltered at what is going on with the kids these days and what they talk about as well. I want to teach my children about Sex in a proper way. I also thought it was really interesting and I think it is very wise, to talk to your child about what they may hear from there friends and teach them that it is not the proper way or not correct. I never thought i would say this but this really truly is an important thing to talk to your kids about!