How does a baby get into a mama's belly?

Re: How does a baby get into a mama's belly?

• AmandaJLewis member

  

  April 2014

  I have a TMI style childrens book I gave EJ a few years ago. I think it is called Amazing me! she never seems to want to read it, but it gives a similar message about the sperm and egg coming together and making a baby but without the...um... logistics on  the delivery method.
  

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• mcmfan member

  

  April 2014 edited April 2014

  I will preface this by saying I don't have kids. A good friend of mine worked on a research project in grad school about sexual predators. I learned through her that predators are very unlikely to prey on children that know the proper names for body parts/can explain sex in grown up terms (even if they don't fully understand). Basically teaching your kids terms and more clinical definitions can help protect them from being abused. Predators often test kids knowledge verbiage etc. From the predatory standpoint more knowledgable children can accurately explain what happened to them to grown ups and are much less desirable to abuse than kids who can't. I hope I am not mistaken as someone telling you how to parent, but I think this piece of information is powerfully important and knowing it could help protect children. I am offering it as something to think about as you craft such answers for your children in a way that is right for your family.

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• lala5507 member

  

  April 2014

  I will preface this by saying I don't have kids. A good friend of mine worked on a research project in grad school about sexual predators. I learned through her that predators are very unlikely to prey on children that know the proper names for body parts/can explain sex in grown up terms (even if they don't fully understand). Basically teaching your kids terms and more clinical definitions can help protect them from being abused. Predators often test kids knowledge verbiage etc. From the predatory standpoint more knowledgable children can accurately explain what happened to them to grown ups and are much less desirable to abuse than kids who can't. I hope I am not mistaken as someone telling you how to parent, but I think this piece of information is powerfully important and knowing it could help protect children. I am offering it as something to think about as you craft such answers for your children in a way that is right for your family.

  I totally understand and agree with what you are saying about the body part thing.  We teach proper terms for all body parts (even the private ones).  Every once and awhile we (my daughters and I) will casually talk while they are in the bathtub about "private" body parts.  We go over the proper name and what to do if someone every tries to touch them there.  

  That being said, I didn't think at age just turned 5, she was ready to hear the full on "birds and bees".  You did give my something to think about.  Thanks!

   
  

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• mcmfan member

  

  May 2014

  Lala, thanks for understanding the spirit in which I offered the information. I have know idea how I would go about explaining the birds & bees to a small child (if I had one) just thought that I would offer what I learned as something to know as you find your way through this conversation.

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