Advice: The big "talk"
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Advice: The big "talk"
| Sun, 02-18-2007 - 7:28am |
Okay, I need advice on when people started or will start to have the big "talk" with their kids.
My oldest is going to be 9 next week. I have some friends telling me they already had this talk with their children at this age. She just seems so young to me. She still plays house, school and dolls with her little sister. IMO, telling her about sex is going to take some innocence away from her. But, am I sheltering her too much?
She knows about periods and body hair development. She already has little breats "bumps" (as she likes to call "em).
Agghhh..I really thought I had until she was 12 to have this talk like my mother did.
What is everyone's opinion?

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I think we all have our own personal lines that we draw. For me, it was shoes that light up (is that lucite?). I don't know why, but I just couldn't stand the idea of blinking shoes every time a child took a step.
I have to say that neither ds nor dd care too much about shoes other than that the shoes had better be very comfortable and they aren't willing to go shopping for them very often.
I was asked for examples, and I only went for how they looked, not the price. We have lived in Europe since dd was about 5, and here you can get fairly inexpensive shoes at Zara's kids' section, for example. They look similar to the ones I posted but cost a fraction of the price.
When we lived in the US, I often bought her cloth sneakers at payless and nicer shoes when I was visiting my mother (in Denmark).
"Those wouldn't last a week of my dd playing outside."
Out of curiosity, why do you think those shoes wouldn't last a through a week of outside play. My dd had a pair of sandals from a similar company that lasted through 3 summers of hard outside play (and would probably make it through a 4th, but I think she'll have finally outgrown them by this summer).
I think she's just showing "style" of shoe.
PumpkinAngel
Then by having an open mind, I think you would also expect those as view those choices to have an open mind as well?
I have pretty fixed ideas about what I allow my boys to wear, not that there's a whole lot to choice from mind you.
PumpkinAngel
We must have defective stores around here because the Target, WalMart, Paylessm, Kmart shoes never last with my boys as everyday shoes.
PumpkinAngel
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