The "c" question on millionaire

miles1

miles1

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Re: Re: Re: The "c" question on millionaire

Originally posted by SpongeScott
IMO, you don't live at his house or know what is going with him and his family and if he chooses not to tell his son about the birds and the bees, it's his call. Perhaps dodging the question was the right thing to do at the time. Each parent makes their own call as to when their child is ready for the facts of life. Let him do it. :wave:
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Many thanks for the backup, Scott.

Just for the record, my son has started to show some curiousity about this stuff. Since I've vowed never to make him the last to know (like my parents did), I came right out and asked him if he wanted to learn about (ahem) about three weeks ago. His reply was an emphatic NO.

I simply told him that when he was ready he is welcome to come to me and ask. I don't want him getting half the information, or the wrong information.

And, no, I am not embarassed about discussing it. I didn't wind up with two kids by avoiding the topic. :animwink:
 
Woody13

Woody13

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Re: Re: Re: Re: The "c" question on millionaire

Originally posted by miles1
Many thanks for the backup, Scott.

Just for the record, my son has started to show some curiousity about this stuff. Since I've vowed never to make him the last to know (like my parents did), I came right out and asked him if he wanted to learn about (ahem) about three weeks ago. His reply was an emphatic NO.

I simply told him that when he was ready he is welcome to come to me and ask. I don't want him getting half the information, or the wrong information.

And, no, I am not embarassed about discussing it. I didn't wind up with two kids by avoiding the topic. :animwink:
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This seems odd to me. Would you allow your child to say "NO" if you were teaching your child mathematics? Would you say to your child, "Just come to me when you're ready to learn about mathematics"? How is the child going to know when he or she is ready? Here is a link that might be helpful:

http://www.theparentreport.com/resources/ages/early_school/health/127.html
 
SpongeScott

SpongeScott

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: The "c" question on millionaire

Originally posted by Woody13
This seems odd to me. Would you allow your child to say "NO" if you were teaching your child mathematics? Would you say to your child, "Just come to me when you're ready to learn about mathematics"? How is the child going to know when he or she is ready? Here is a link that might be helpful:

http://www.theparentreport.com/resources/ages/early_school/health/127.html
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For the love of God, Woody, DROP IT!! He's raising his child, he handled the moment, and he's doing it the way he thinks it should be done, not the way you perceive it should be done. If he messes up, let it be his mess-up. :rolleyes:
 
cherrynegra

cherrynegra

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Well this thread just goes to prove what one considers "nothing big," others consider "something huge." I don't know if there are any right or wrong answers here. People do the best they can as parents. Nobody is perfect. And I'm sure no matter how hard parents try, their children will inevitably find something they did as "scarring." Like not taking them to DW often enough.:lol:
 
DDuckFan130

DDuckFan130

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Re: Re: Re: Re: The "c" question on millionaire

Originally posted by miles1
Many thanks for the backup, Scott.

Just for the record, my son has started to show some curiousity about this stuff. Since I've vowed never to make him the last to know (like my parents did), I came right out and asked him if he wanted to learn about (ahem) about three weeks ago. His reply was an emphatic NO.

I simply told him that when he was ready he is welcome to come to me and ask. I don't want him getting half the information, or the wrong information.

And, no, I am not embarassed about discussing it. I didn't wind up with two kids by avoiding the topic. :animwink:
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My little sister has acted the same way as far as NOT wanting to know about certain things...I'm 19, I have a 15 year old brother, and a 14 year old sister. When they were younger 11, 12 around there...they already knew the basics of the "S" word. It wasn't something they found out late in life. I don't even remember who or where they got it from. Could've been school, could've been friends, could've been me :lol: oh well. But then ay ay ay with the way people are more outrageous nowadays my sister has asked about the naughtier side of !@# and sometimes I go "you don't want to know" and other times I'm just whatever I tell her when she has a fair idea, or my mom tells her. She gets grossed out but at least she knows. My brother I don't want to deal with, he knows too much for his own good but whatever I try to guide him in the path of good. He's a 15-yr old boy, I don't want to know what he knows. :hurl: When it gets out of hand I call in reinforcements... "Moooooom!"

It's funny though, my mom used to think I didn't know about certain things, but now she's like "oh people! she knows about it pahlease!"...and my naive aunt didn't think I knew about certain things, let alone my sister. She almost fainted when she found out how much she knows. Little does she know what her own 14 year old daughter knows, and to be honest, her daughter is the wilder one of the two and I think their conversation is long overdue before this little girl gets herself into trouble. My little sister is in the know and she doesn't care to talk about that stuff so she's good, whereas my cousin who supposedly doesn't know a thing (according to her mother), enjoys knowing too much for her own good and needs to have that talk with her mom like NOW!

Make sense? Sorry if I didn't I'm just giving a personal P.O.V. and I really hope I haven't offended anyone!
 
Woody13

Woody13

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Originally posted by Goofette
Woody13....What is with the song? :lol: :lol: I keep reading it thinking there is some hidden message, but I'm not quite finding it. I guess you're going to have to spell it out for me :D
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Do you remember how Pinocchio, was lead astray by J. Worthington Foulfellow (Honest John) and his companion Gideon? Honest John sang Pinocchio this song:

Hi-diddle-dee-dee
An actor's life for me
A high silk hat and a silver cane
A watch of gold with a diamond chain

Hi-diddle-dee-day
An actor's life is gay
It's great to be a celebrity
An actor's life for me

Hi-diddle-dee-dum
An actor's life is fun

Hi-diddle-dee-dee
An actor's life for me
A wax mustache and a beaver coat
A pony cart and a billy goat

Hi-diddle-dee-dum
An actor's life is fun
You wear your hair in a pompadour
You ride around in a coach and four
You stop and buy out a candy store
An actor's life for me!

Hi diddle dee dee
An actor's life for me
A high silk hat and a silver cane
A watch of gold and a diamond chain

Hi diddle dee dee
You sleep till after two
You promenade a big cigar
You tour the world in a private car
You dine on chicken and caviar
An actor's life for me!

"Big Rock Candy Mountains" is in the same vein. The song writer, Mac McClintock, wrote this childrens verse as a warning to children. Mac ran away from his home at the age of 14 to join a traveling circus because he too was lured away from home by an "Honest John".
 
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Erika

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Re: Re: The "c" question on millionaire

Originally posted by Woody13
I think you are very late in teaching the "birds and the bees" to your ten year old.
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If it means anything to you parents out there, I was 9 when I found out and I was one of the very last in my grade to know. It only came up after a sleepover party during which a classmate gave a very vivid description of an adult movie she and her sister had found in their father's collection. Being the big idiot, I told my parents about it :lol:

Just a heads- up.
 
JBSLJames

JBSLJames

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Re: Re: Re: The "c" question on millionaire

Originally posted by Erika
If it means anything to you parents out there, I was 9 when I found out and I was one of the very last in my grade to know. It only came up after a sleepover party during which a classmate gave a very vivid description of an adult movie she and her sister had found in their father's collection. Being the big idiot, I told my parents about it :lol:

Just a heads- up.
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I thought I had all the versions of that movie destroyed. :brick: :brick:
 
miles1

miles1

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Originally posted by Maria


As for Janet´s , it´s a lot less harmful than having to explain what a condom is... come on...

;)


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Thanks for keeping us abreast, Maria.

(Sorry, I couldn't help it.)
 
Shaman

Shaman

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Chances are kids already know about most things before you have the dreaded "talk"...most they learn at SCHOOL, the rest they learn from society (TV, movies, music)..and sure since I don't have kids I can't say how I would react....but I'm with Woody on this one...there should have been more discussion...why should the subject be so taboo?

*hopes to have the same mentality when has kids*

Anyway to each his own I guess....being a parent is not easy nowadays...and seeing the successes and failures upclose...I know its true....but while I don't agree with dodging the question...I respect the decision...

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