• DancingBear@midwest.social
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    5 hours ago

    People tell their kids the stork brings babies because the parent is the one not ready to have the conversation.

    The parent is avoiding their own humiliation. Telling kids how babies are made is not embarassing for kids. Kids have no reason to feel shame or judgement about these kinds of things….

    Just pointing this out to show that the metaphor here is deeply flawed.

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        3 hours ago

        Sex, procreation is not a horrible perverted thing. It’s biology, science, and should be explained as soon as they’re curious enough to ask.

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        4 hours ago

        Lots of 3 to 4 year olds are perfectly aware that they have a future sibling brewing in mom’s tummy.

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        4 hours ago

        Knowledge of bodily functions seems to concern you. That is your problem, not the kids.

        It literally matters zero percent if kids know how bodies function.

        The fear and judgement is all in your head lol.

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          It’s not even the matter of how the body works it can lead to them watching porn and shit early on which isn’t good cause kids are curious and google exists literally speaking from personal experience I was told way to early on by older friends and it lead to shit I don’t need to get into

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            That’s the problem. You were told by friends who left you with questions you answered in unsafe ways, not by adults who could answer your questions in an age appropriate way.

            Giving kids age-appropriate sex-ed is a good way to protect them against predators. Many victims don’t even know something wrong has been done to them because people like you are too afraid to give them the barest guidance.

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            You need some therapy. Telling kids the truth about how our bodies work early on doesn’t harm them, but maybe your parents not talking to you about it and your older friends having to do it, perhaps in a crude way, is what led to that shit you don’t need to get into.