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[dyvinesweetness]

I'd really appreciate it if the parents (especially) replied to this entry. I'm curious about how folks feel about "the birds and the bees" regarding their kids. Or for those of us who don't have kids how you intend to react to it

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[dyvinesweetness]

Yeah, as for Child Services one of two things is going to happen soon. Her daughter is almost 5 and has not been enrolled in any type of pre-school or kindergarten yet. NYS laws require her to enroll her by the time she's five, which will be later this (school) year. If Munchie doesn't CPS will take the child. But their father is considering taking custody of her daughter so that might change things. Either way I don't see her keeping her child for much longer. And that's for the best because she was never ready to have her anyway. Hopefully she goes to her grandfather.

[lovelylind]

I wouldn't beat my child. Depending on their age (assuming that they are not even in school yet), I will VERY loosely define it ("A porno is a movie that is made for adults only") and when I feel they are mature enough, I will fully explain the birds and the bees and all the social aspects of it.

Well, hopefully, I will explain this with my husband, and if I have a son, he can privately ask dad questions pertaining to boys. If I have a daughter, she can ask me.

When I learned about it in school, that's when my parents talked to me about it. Well, really they didn't talk about sex, but they talked about the reproductive organs and how a baby is made.

[dyvinesweetness]

Since you whined about me not responding to you. lol Curious, why are you seperating the genders and having your daughter(s) speak to you and your son(s) speak to your husbands?

[blackestsheep]

Munchie's reaction was to beat the child.

way to scar the kid... WTF? she couldn't just talk to her? damn!

[dyvinesweetness]

"way to scar the kid..."

Seriously!!! People have such warped views about sex. It trips me out. Inundate the child with sexual imagery then beat her for being curious? Ugh.

[blackestsheep]

ugh!

[dyvinesweetness]

"However, do you think Munchie feels guilty in a way that she knows she's at fault for her child being "sexualized" at such a young age and instead of changing her lifestyle, she wants to beat it out of NaNa?"

Wow. Good call, Jazz. That sounds absolutely correct. If you aren't completely right, I'm sure you're at least partially right. Munchie knows she was "fast" at a young age and is prolly trynna make NaNa hate the idea of sex so she prevents her from being that way. Not. working.

[thecentuar]

When I was about 6 or so, and maybe a little before that my mother used to watch movies that had some sexual situations in it with me... (ex: Boomerang) Did I feel a little embarrassed, maybe a little, but she never covered my eyes or told me to leave when those moments came up. ( Unlike my older brother.) She was always pretty open about sex, I never asked much, but I didn't feel afraid to. As soon as I saw my period she sat me down and explained what could now happen if I had sex, and if I decided to have sex to always use protection and be smart

[dyvinesweetness]

"I'm a child and family studies major so its hard to give a response that isn't colored by my studies."

Same here. As a psych graduate/major my first reaction was one of concern about the child's psychological welfare and how this will effect her in her future relationships. Major mental scarring goin on. Our country as a whole is already weird and ass backwards regarding sex. Clearly her mother isn't helping the situation.

" The key would be to make sure they didn't feel ashamed of it"

Absolutely.