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What age is acceptable to tell your kid where babies come from?

My dad always said the time to share this information was somewhere between when the child asks and when the child is potentially capable of [i]making[/i] a baby.

He had a little story to explain how much to share at any given time.

A little five-year-old boy asks his mother "Where did I come from?"

Summoning all her fortitude, she describes the procreation process in detail.

The child is very quiet for a long time and then says, "Okay. I just wondered. Jesse comes from Baltimore."
Coralmist · 41-45, F
SageWanderer · 70-79, M
Depends on the child and their maturity. I think I was six or seven but I grew up in a farm community and it was a natural progression from the farm animals to humans.
CharlieZ · 70-79, M
From Paris, brought by Storks, as is the truth? 😁
CharlieZ · 70-79, M
@Moonpenny The myth of the storks bringing babies was statistically (and also jokely, of course) "proven" by a team of historians and populations researcher about 40 years ago!🤣
BTW, my breed is so mixed up that I am suspected to be alien as result.😊
Moonpenny · F
@CharlieZ Ha haaa! You know what they say about in-breds?
CharlieZ · 70-79, M
@Moonpenny Tell me, please.
Moonpenny · F
When they start asking questions.

My mother's idea of sex education was one sentence long and it traumatised me at the time 😲
Any age is acceptable to use the word 'Mexico'.
Nanori · F
whenever YOU are comfortable saying that, since childbirth is only natural event, happens everywhere, there's nothing to be ashamed or alarmed about it
pentacorn · F
probably before 3rd grade, about 7 or 8 years old. that’s when they’ll start getting misinformation from their peers.
Starcrossed · 41-45, F
It's nature so from birth.
Farm babies is a good place to start. Watching live animal birth is super educational.
it depends if they are ready for it its different for everyone.
Longpatrol · 31-35, M
Whenever they’re old enough to buy an account on PH
As soon as they can understand.
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
When they ask!
MethDozer · M
Let the schoolyard sort it out for them.
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Moonpenny · F
@SW-User I agree with you, wholeheartedly
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