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<blockquote data-quote="geekparent" data-source="post: 399592" data-attributes="member: 9109"><p>My difficult child is a girl, not a boy, so in some ways it's easier. husband and I already decided that I would handle talking about these things with her (unless she ambushes him in the car with a question, as she has been known to do.) However, we've always been upfront and honest with her when she asks questions; answering them in age-appropriate terms.</p><p></p><p>About a year ago, when difficult child was 7, she came into the bathroom as I was drying off from my shower. She stared at me curiously hard and then said that she didn't see the scar. When I inquired after "what scar," she explained that she didn't see the scar where the doctor cut her out of my tummy. I immediately slipped into my bathrobe and explained about the female reproductive system. Just the basic anatomical overview. I wasn't sure that she really got it, but then she looked at me and said quite sincerely, "I'm sorry."</p><p></p><p>Why was she sorry? Because she just knew that from what I was describing, it had to hurt to have a baby come out a tiny passageway! She was apologizing for hurting me when she was born.</p><p></p><p>I have to admit though, I was just glad she never asked HOW she got there to begin with. </p><p></p><p>Which all in all, is better than my Mom who checked a pile of books out of the library, put me at a table with them and told me to come get her if I had any questions after I read them all!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="geekparent, post: 399592, member: 9109"] My difficult child is a girl, not a boy, so in some ways it's easier. husband and I already decided that I would handle talking about these things with her (unless she ambushes him in the car with a question, as she has been known to do.) However, we've always been upfront and honest with her when she asks questions; answering them in age-appropriate terms. About a year ago, when difficult child was 7, she came into the bathroom as I was drying off from my shower. She stared at me curiously hard and then said that she didn't see the scar. When I inquired after "what scar," she explained that she didn't see the scar where the doctor cut her out of my tummy. I immediately slipped into my bathrobe and explained about the female reproductive system. Just the basic anatomical overview. I wasn't sure that she really got it, but then she looked at me and said quite sincerely, "I'm sorry." Why was she sorry? Because she just knew that from what I was describing, it had to hurt to have a baby come out a tiny passageway! She was apologizing for hurting me when she was born. I have to admit though, I was just glad she never asked HOW she got there to begin with. Which all in all, is better than my Mom who checked a pile of books out of the library, put me at a table with them and told me to come get her if I had any questions after I read them all! [/QUOTE]
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