Seriously... how do I get myself into things like this?
Okay here goes…
How did I answer Brooke when she asked me about sex?
I did what any stunned parent would do. I answered her question with a question,
Me: Well, do you know what sex is?
Brooke: Yup, it’s how mommies and daddies create babies.
Me: Do you know anything else?
Brooke: Nope. I think I got it.
Me: Well, good. We will talk about it more some time.
Brooke: Okay, can we listen to High School Musical?
Me: I am kinda in the mood for Hannah Montana.
Brooke: Perfect.
I weathered the talks with my older four quite well.
I let my husband talk to my boys. They went on a camping trip and pretty much covered it all. When they came home I added in a little about Sexually Transmitted diseases. I printed off photos of leprosy from the internet. I mean they didn’t know the difference and the drama of falling off body parts was a nice effect.
I talked to my girls using a wonderful book I got from the Christian book store. And then I hid the book so Brooke wouldn’t find it. Now of course I can’t remember where I hid it or else I’d tell you the name of it.
Talking about sex with the kids is something that my husband and I have done fine with the other kids.
But Brooke is my baby.
Sigh.
So, I’ve called in the reserves to give out advice on this, AHEM, topic. What a treat to have my younger sister as a guest blogger today. She’s really great.
And I don’t resent her at all for being 5’ 10” and wearing like a size 2. Seriously… I’m happy to have removed all of the fat genes from mom’s uterus. But that’s a topic of joy for another day. Without further ado… here is my sister, whom I do dearly love!!!
Angee: We recently attended “Created By God” at our church with our oldest child who is in the Fifth grade. She is only 10 years old and I was not sure if such a young child was prepared for some of the things that would be discussed. She is still so innocent, and I wanted it to stay that way. I knew that she eventually had to learn about sex, but I was not sure I wanted her to have to learn about yet.
Unfortunately, it is something that is taught to our kids everywhere we turn but not in the manner I want my children to learn about it. I felt that she needed to learn why and how God had created it to be. After attending the class, I now see why it is taught to them at this age…..they still want to talk to you !
Probably one of the main things we learned from the class is that we, as parents, need to open up the line of communication with our children and be willing to discuss the topic of sex. They need to know it is something special that God created and intended for a married man and woman.
Sure…..there were lots of questions. After all she is only 10 and had just been shown pictures of every body part and its function fully described to her over a 2 day time period. But it was awesome being able to talk to her and answer her questions. It was a lot to take in but she was very receptive.
For the most part our talks have been great. That is until the other night when she looked at me and said “Mom, I just can not believe you and dad have done that 3 times!”
One kid down… two more to go. Oh my.
Thanks Angee!!! Too funny.
Now, I have to tell you about one more thing. My Pastor, Rob Singleton, is currently preaching a sermon series on sex. Kids ages 13 and older are encouraged to attend with their parents. Last Sunday was one of the best sermons I’ve ever heard for teens and parents to listen to together. I would encourage you to pop over to his blog sometime this weekend and listen. And word has it that he’s running a pretty great contest as well.
Speaking of contests… the winner from yesterday’s random drawing is: Jesuslegaleagle
Just e-mail me your address at Lysa1@Proverbs31.org
Congrats!!! Happy Weekend Everybody.
Okay here goes…
How did I answer Brooke when she asked me about sex?
I did what any stunned parent would do. I answered her question with a question,
Me: Well, do you know what sex is?
Brooke: Yup, it’s how mommies and daddies create babies.
Me: Do you know anything else?
Brooke: Nope. I think I got it.
Me: Well, good. We will talk about it more some time.
Brooke: Okay, can we listen to High School Musical?
Me: I am kinda in the mood for Hannah Montana.
Brooke: Perfect.
I weathered the talks with my older four quite well.
I let my husband talk to my boys. They went on a camping trip and pretty much covered it all. When they came home I added in a little about Sexually Transmitted diseases. I printed off photos of leprosy from the internet. I mean they didn’t know the difference and the drama of falling off body parts was a nice effect.
I talked to my girls using a wonderful book I got from the Christian book store. And then I hid the book so Brooke wouldn’t find it. Now of course I can’t remember where I hid it or else I’d tell you the name of it.
Talking about sex with the kids is something that my husband and I have done fine with the other kids.
But Brooke is my baby.
Sigh.
So, I’ve called in the reserves to give out advice on this, AHEM, topic. What a treat to have my younger sister as a guest blogger today. She’s really great.
And I don’t resent her at all for being 5’ 10” and wearing like a size 2. Seriously… I’m happy to have removed all of the fat genes from mom’s uterus. But that’s a topic of joy for another day. Without further ado… here is my sister, whom I do dearly love!!!
Angee: We recently attended “Created By God” at our church with our oldest child who is in the Fifth grade. She is only 10 years old and I was not sure if such a young child was prepared for some of the things that would be discussed. She is still so innocent, and I wanted it to stay that way. I knew that she eventually had to learn about sex, but I was not sure I wanted her to have to learn about yet.
Unfortunately, it is something that is taught to our kids everywhere we turn but not in the manner I want my children to learn about it. I felt that she needed to learn why and how God had created it to be. After attending the class, I now see why it is taught to them at this age…..they still want to talk to you !
Probably one of the main things we learned from the class is that we, as parents, need to open up the line of communication with our children and be willing to discuss the topic of sex. They need to know it is something special that God created and intended for a married man and woman.
Sure…..there were lots of questions. After all she is only 10 and had just been shown pictures of every body part and its function fully described to her over a 2 day time period. But it was awesome being able to talk to her and answer her questions. It was a lot to take in but she was very receptive.
For the most part our talks have been great. That is until the other night when she looked at me and said “Mom, I just can not believe you and dad have done that 3 times!”
One kid down… two more to go. Oh my.
Thanks Angee!!! Too funny.
Now, I have to tell you about one more thing. My Pastor, Rob Singleton, is currently preaching a sermon series on sex. Kids ages 13 and older are encouraged to attend with their parents. Last Sunday was one of the best sermons I’ve ever heard for teens and parents to listen to together. I would encourage you to pop over to his blog sometime this weekend and listen. And word has it that he’s running a pretty great contest as well.
Speaking of contests… the winner from yesterday’s random drawing is: Jesuslegaleagle
Just e-mail me your address at Lysa1@Proverbs31.org
Congrats!!! Happy Weekend Everybody.
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