[3kidzl8er]

On the way to school the other mornig my 6 year old daughter hit me with the question... "Mommy, what does sex mean?" :eek: You can imagine that I thought I had a couple more years before this question would present itself so I was totally unprepaired to answer. I asked her what she thought it meant and she said like "making out and stuff"
( I also can't believe she know what that means). I paused and told her that I wanted to think about how to answer this question and I would get back to her in a couple of days. So my question is What is an age appropriate way to explain what sex is to a 6yr old in first grade? I believe sex is on a need to know bases and at 6yrs you don't need to know that much about it. But I want to be able to answer her so she gets an answer I approve of instead of asking someone else and getting too much information.

[Duane in Japan]

Your thinking is perfect, find out what she knows, tell her what she already knows and only expand on that info so that the child trusts that you taught them something they did not already know and they will be satisfied at that age with a little more info. This was just a big thing all over the news, what, a month or two ago.

[ScottGem]

I would suggest a visit to the library or a search of the net. I recall seeing several books on the subject of explaining the biurds and bees to young children.