I got a call from Brooke's therapist tonight. I missed the session because I was working late. Anyway, apparently the BIG topic came up tonight. She is very, age appropriately, curious about s-e-x. And about puberty and periods and yes, s-e-x. I am soooooooo not good about this. My tummy hurts just thinking about it. Anyway, she is so curious, she wrote her therapist a sticky note reminding her to call me so the 2 of us could talk. She does NOT want to talk to Jay about it. Yeah, me either. Anyway, i told her we would talk tomorrow night after work. Jay is working late. We have to go to my dad's for a bit but when we get home it will be just me and Brooke. Any advice??? PLEASE???
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OMG...I got so nervous reading this post that I almost pee'd! Quinn hasn't asked yet and I am going to die when she does. What are you going to do? OMG...I am so nervous for you. I know that I'm not helping, but I got nothin'.
let me know how it goes, i have the talk coming up eventually, too. i'm already sweating about it!
I have done the "talk." It is crazy how easy it is once you start. What you need to do is let her ask questions and you answer. The trick is you have to be honest when answering and use real words. Do you have books? If not, a trip to the library would be a good idea. This is important stuff. A girl that is educated is less likely to make mistakes and have regrets when she is older. But, don't forget to scare the crap out of her and tell her that sex will make her go blind.
Oh man! I gotta hear how this turns out.
As far as the puberty stuff goes, I highly recommend the American Girl book "The Care & Keeping of You". You can get it at B&N, and I think Target usually carries it, too.
We've been totally open with our kids, and whenever they've asked a question we answered in honestly. If you don't make a big deal out of it, they are less likely to think it's something bad. We have stressed, and continued to stress, that you must be responsible. Because the daughter of a friend of ours had a baby when she had just turned 16, it gave us more opportunities to explain why that put her in a very difficult position at a very young age. It's been a great learning tool for us.
Good luck. Let us know how "the talk" goes!
We recently had to explain to our son, why he has two grandpas that live together. I'm with Linda. As long as we don't make to big a deal about it, neither will they. Of course our situation is a littel different, but I think we did really good and it didn't seem to bother Gage a bit.
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