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| Originally Posted by X lucy X First of all you have to reasure her that you trust her jusdgement and if she does want to still be the boy's girlfriend then you will let her.
Don't sit her down or take her to her room to have 'the talk' as that might make her freak out a bit. Also it would be sensible to talk to her without her father there as it is often quite hard to talk about boys in front of one!
She probably knows more than you think about boys through friends so don't seem too patronising and trying to explain everything. Tell her a sort of outline and then ask if there is anything else that she wants to know and shes bound to ask hundreds of questions
Good luck x |
Very well said...especially the part about she probably knows more than you think she does...I know I already had the scoop (not done it, but I knew about it) by the time my mom finally got around to the "talk." Kids are exposed to sex directly or indirectly at every turn...need I mention the Mylie Cyrus pictures in Vanity Fair? Hannah's just about showing her Montana!
Sit her down (just you two, I agree, she's not gonna want to talk about this in front of a boy, let alone in front of Dad!) and ask her what she considers being a girlfriend or boyfriend, what it means to her. Ask her to tell you what
she knows about sex that way you can fill in the blanks and clear up any misconceptions.
Don't try to be all Sex-and-the-City-best-friend about it, but don't be "clinical and sanitized for her protection" about it either. Just be real, talk to her on her level. Let her know the joys and the risks and that above all, she has control over her body. She will appreciate it and will learn more about appreciating herself, respecting herself and her body and to form healthy relationships.
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