http://www.dad-camp.com/2011/06/not-that-kind-of-sleepover/ A Site For Creative And Modern Parenting Mon, 13 May 2013 18:09:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.dad-camp.com/2011/06/not-that-kind-of-sleepover/comment-page-1/#comment-19416 Patrick Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:10:16 +0000 http://www.dad-camp.com/?p=1889#comment-19416 My greater concern is that parents (mine included)sit their kids down at age 12-13 or 14 and for the first (and maybe last time)have the “sex talk”. My daughters “sexual” education (age 2) has already started. The path of sexual knowledge and education needs to be talked about just like we talk about other ‘life skills’ ie “brush your teeth”…”no more cookies”. When my daughter points to my wife’s breasts and asks “what’s that”? my wife will respond, ‘these are breasts’.
To many of us, whether it is out of embarrassment or belief in “protecting our children” give our body parts ridiculous pet names. Names like ‘jugs’, ‘peaches’ and ‘wee-wee’ only send a distorted message. With that as the foundation they (we) then hope that our growing children will somehow flick a switch at puberty and somehow understand this complex and significant part of what makes us human

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