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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Don't you think having BTDT gives you a bit of empathy towards dd? Understanding her teenage angst and all?
But my dd is quick to point out that punk and goth are two entirely different things.
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"The idea that they're always on display and have to enhance their appearance."
Um, when you're in public, you ARE on display.
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Does it really support your point to equate early use of makeup with being a white trash red neck, any more than it would support mine to say (not that I have) that wearing makeup means my mom thinks I'm ugly?
I don't think giving preteens makeup while telling them they're beautiful without it can be anything but a very mixed message.
It's not a message that I would like to send to my child, I do know that.
PumpkinAngel
Would she have done the same for a boy?
PumpkinAngel
Do
PumpkinAngel
Actually yes.
PumpkinAngel
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