This week's topic was not very comfortable for me to talk about in a class setting. Thank heavens for Bro. Williams, our professor, in his teaching style and the way he makes everyone feel at ease in his address. He addressed it in a manner that we talked about the differences between men and women. For purposes of this blog, I would like to focus on the part of intimacy that you can teach your children about this topic at different stages in their life. For instance, at 4 years old, I believe that you should only teach your child what they need to know or are inquiring about at that time--for example, teach them that their male friends or girl friends have different body parts than they do. I think it is very appropriate to teach them the correct anatomical body parts of each of the genders. I also believe that by age 9, if you have not shared with them about the birds and the bees, that they will have already heard most everything. How important is it to you that your child hears about this sacred topic from you-the parent? Or does it matter who gives them the information? Of course it does! Our children need to hear about this topic from you-their parents not their peers! I also believe if you are not embarrassed or try to hide this information from your kids, then they will always come to you to ask questions.
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