tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22696356.post4781248796682635295..comments2023-05-05T20:20:45.650+10:00Comments on Mim's muddle: Teaching momentsmimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10907569024689875694noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22696356.post-43063667740908427812009-10-13T21:05:32.718+11:002009-10-13T21:05:32.718+11:00Just managed to lose all my lengthy comment -argh!...Just managed to lose all my lengthy comment -argh! As a school mummy, I wanted to say that I have discussed contraception with Reuben a few times over the past few years, but not for a while, just when it has come up. When RU486 was on the news a lot a couple of years ago, we had quite a lengthy discussion about that, and discussed condoms before that (because he saw one and wanted to know what they were). More recently we have discussed tampons (because he wanted to know what I was putting on the supermarket checkout) and pornography (because of an article I read in the Australian (at my in-laws) by Melinda Tankard Reist. However what springs to mind in reading your blog is the quite detailed discussion I had with my five year old recently about where babies come from (right down to the tiny seed from the daddy which originates in his testicles getting into the mummy's tummy to join with the tiny egg and the way in which this happens is by the daddy putting his penis inside the mummy's vagina). HE didn't seem fussed in the slightest!! I read a book when pregnant with Reuben called "How and when to teach your kids about sex" which I found very helpful. Somehow, I have a sneaking suspicion you mightn't like it quite as much as I did (prescriptive, Christian...) but the basic idea was to answer your children's questions in age-appropriate language and probably with a little more detail than they might be expecting. The time may well come (so I've been told) when they may not be that interested in turning to mum and dad for answers, so seize the opportunity to present the facts clearly before they turn to the (mis)information in the high school yard.<br />julietteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22696356.post-30583190929342625002009-09-23T23:02:39.134+10:002009-09-23T23:02:39.134+10:00Mine are still too young for that detailed of a co...Mine are still too young for that detailed of a conversation. <br /><br />Our daycare provider's teenage son has a 9 month old son and our daycare provider is the primary caregiver most of the time. One of my closest Mommy friends was a young mom who turned her life around because of her pregnancy.<br /><br />Both are situations where the families have made the best of a hard situation. But both are also resources that I can turn to when the time comes.<br /><br />For now, Teagan is so freaked out that a baby could come out of a vagina that I don't think we'll get to how the baby gets in there in the first place for a while.Eternal Lizdomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12436844959718198383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22696356.post-48125724145446253772009-09-23T22:58:34.398+10:002009-09-23T22:58:34.398+10:00Sadly I have to admit that we were all still insid...Sadly I have to admit that we were all still inside the car when the "go on the pill" line was delivered so no, no-one would have overheard. On the other hand several mums from the school read my blog or would have seen this pop up on Facebook... *waves* hello there!<br /><br />@Alix, even I have limits on the ideas I actively introduce to the kids! I told them the age of consent was 16 and then fudged the figures slightly from that ;-)mimbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10907569024689875694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22696356.post-82269938107535897272009-09-23T22:48:23.310+10:002009-09-23T22:48:23.310+10:00Don't wanna scare you Mimsey, but I think the ...Don't wanna scare you Mimsey, but I think the number <i>might</i> be lower than 30, statistically speaking.<br /><br />But I love that you're realistic. After all my preaching to wonderful chaste son and daughter, I was informed that the pill was of utmost importance around daughter's 15th year. Dear Jesus! But she's been responsible taking it, and that's all we should legitimately hope for.<br /><br />I totally love this post. And to this line: <i>"But every so often I find myself having one of those conversations that come out of nowhere and make me sorry the trip is so short."</i> I say.... roger that!Boozy Toothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10765083787738573580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22696356.post-13461049299051854602009-09-23T16:55:25.657+10:002009-09-23T16:55:25.657+10:00I had a similar thought to Ariane wondering if som...I had a similar thought to Ariane wondering if some other parents overheard you tell "Caitlin - go on the pill". Children never cease to amaze me what comes out of their mouths. Nick made a comment the other day about my parents being old - but they are actually a lot younger than my grandparents were when I was the same age as him!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22696356.post-35876015129514688162009-09-23T14:14:16.325+10:002009-09-23T14:14:16.325+10:00you are a cool Mum Mim :)you are a cool Mum Mim :)Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08822323208525809653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22696356.post-8020511408328988832009-09-23T13:44:14.044+10:002009-09-23T13:44:14.044+10:00Heh - oh I hope some other parents over heard the ...Heh - oh I hope some other parents over heard the "Caitlin - go on the pill!" declaration. That's awesome. :)Arianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17977679825245376111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22696356.post-31492654400637129942009-09-23T12:02:11.380+10:002009-09-23T12:02:11.380+10:00Mine are a bit on the young side for the contracep...Mine are a bit on the young side for the contraception talk yet, except in a low level sort of way, but I will be following exactly this approach i.e. please, let me help you to get your contraception right.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182573274494086468noreply@blogger.com