When to start sex education?

[popcornbird]

Originally posted by sirrahbed
Does he know body parts Tonya? What does he ask? I believe a normal second or third grader is probably ready to hear as much as he asks. Does he want to know how the baby got in there?
Mommy has eggs in her body that start to grow when daddy gives them the right nutrition (sperm) when he loves the mommy.
How does he do this?
Daddy loves mommy by holding her so close that his penis can go inside of her and it feels very good because they love each other and sometimes this starts a baby growing. Married people love each other in this way.
Yuck! Does daddy do this to you???
yes, sometimes and it is not yucky, it is nice and you will like it when you are married and love somebody, too ETC!!!
This sounds about right for a seven year old IF this is what he is asking.

*faints*

I would NEVER even imagine telling a 7 year old such clear details. I didn't have a CLUE about sex at 7...not a CLUE, and now, I'm not uninformed on this issue in the least bit. We're human beings...we have to know this stuff eventually, but why tell a young child who is too young to bother with such things? 7 is too early IMHO. I would've hated to know that stuff at 7, in all honesty. 7 year olds don't 'need' to know about sex in such details. They have a lot more things to be told that are appropriate for their age...and sex and how we get babies is, in my opinion, not one of them. I think its better to wait. I wouldn't tell at 7, and I wouldn't want anyone else telling my future children at 7 either. Of course there are certains things they SHOULD know by 7, but actual 'sex'...how you get a baby, etc? No...I think 7 is too young for that.

I also believe children who are taught about sex before they need to know are the ones who want to 'try it out' first. We have enough early pregnancy problems in this country already. Little boys are innocent and don't need to know the details of women and adulthood at that innocent age, when they're going to absorb EVERYTHING they hear, and as children, will have the urge to try it themselves.