Most & Least Favorite Ways to Cope

[daniwong]

Originally posted by darclauz


one of the saving graces for the adults is that, for awhile anyway, kids think sex is icky. orgasm is best left for later.

i was an exhibitionist kid... we were sort of country, and i was shirtless till probably 5. my dad sat me down, and explained in GREAT detail about sex, and boys, etc, etc., and why i wasn't to go without a shirt. it was more WAY more than i needed to know, and that extra knowledge really twisted me up. because he explained SO MUCH i was very curious...in a too-much information kind of way... and I went wandering through the secret places for more info. that led to a porn discovery and great interest... and i was twisted up for years.

not too much info. kids really don't need to know as much about it as we think they do. i read a story about a little girl who asked her daddy, "where do i come from?" he sat her down, explained body parts, and details, and birth....told it all. after he was done, there was a silence, and she said..."oh. tommy comes from cleveland."

I agree - little kids do not need to know that much. However from the ages of about 12-15 I would really prefer if they kiddies come ask me than get some sort of screwed up notion from their peers. I mean - I can remember growing up thinking that I was completely dirty and nasty for having my period. Then - thank god - my best friends mom explained it in detail. If that wouldn't have happend - I don't know what I would have done.