published articles Beta Mum on 14 Oct 2007 10:43 am
Sex chat
In our house we don’t do it much but we do talk about it - a lot.
“Mummy, can a woman make a baby on her own?” asks my five year-old daughter.
“No, she needs sperm from a man to make the baby grow inside her.”
“How does the sperm get into the woman?”
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on 15 Oct 2007 at 10:01 am 1.Mopsa said …
KR - this is a joy! thank you for cheery morning article.
on 15 Oct 2007 at 7:54 pm 2.Ivan said …
Ha! Marvelous!
on 15 Oct 2007 at 9:20 pm 3.Omega Mum said …
Very good. Enjoyed it.
on 15 Oct 2007 at 10:26 pm 4.Mother at Large said …
Like it very much! Smiling and giggling to myself as I type.
on 17 Oct 2007 at 8:55 am 5.mid-lifer said …
Hahah
I had a similar experience once.
Exactly the same question as I was driving along the Corniche in Abu Dhabi.
I tried to explain it all very matter of factly (perhaps a little rushed). It was met with silence and then: ‘Oh, look at the pretty lights…’
My son tells me that in their sex education at school (he’s 10) they have a cartoon of people ‘doing it’. At one point, the voice over says ’sometimes the penis can get hard, and often it feels nice’. (I’d hate to be a teacher in there with all the kids!) Anyhow, my son’s friend leaned over and said ‘No it doesn’t, it hurts!’..
Um….