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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Ok, so we arent on different planets then!!
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Sorry, I thought that your comment about social class was somehow related to the comment about worrying about her peer group.
I understand worrying about the choices my 12yo might be making, but I don't associate those choices with a social class. A certain clique perhaps, but IME cliques are made up of members of many different social classes.
What a judgement.
PumpkinAngel
I never used to use a hair dryer either, but I found out that it actually makes my life easier.
I have really knotty hair. Its just wavy enough to not be curly and it's constantly knotting up. When I was a kid my mom went through CASES of No More Tangles. I used to have to comb it on and off all day to keep it from looking ratty and unkempt.
Then I discovered that a little bit of product and 10 minutes with the hair dryer eliminated the knots! Its easier for me this way.
I dont do all day ponytails because my hair is thick and heavy and after several hours of a ponytail dragging on my head, Ive got a serious headache. The only updo I can sport for hours without pain is having it all piled on top of my head Pebbles Flinstone style, and Im sorry, call me vain, but I simply cannot look like that in public. Lol.
I think the original objection was blush on a 7 year old because they were too pale?
PumpkinAngel
Why would US cultures apply to sild and her dd?
PumpkinAngel
Wait a minute....what's the big difference you mentioned?
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Great, neither do I.
PumpkinAngel
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