Ds1 is almost 10, what, if anything, should i do about the 'birds and bee's'??

[CharlotteACavatica]

Would he have already got a little info from school? No dad around so its down to me and i have no clue. Only reason i ask is because my other son is 7 and some parents of his classmates say they are thinking of having a 'talk' with them and i thought how crap am i??

Is your son curious yet? My ds1 started asking questions when he was about 8, so I read him 'Mummy Laid and Egg' by Babette Cole. It's very child friendly and funny. Depends if your son is mature for his age - I felt it was good for an 8yo. After we read it together, he asked a few questions and never asked anything again till he was about 11. Good luck !

Hate to say what you probably didn't want to hear but I imagine he will have heard a lot of mixed up stuff in the playground..
He very probably does need sorting out on some stuff..

He'll almost certainly have picked up some stuff in the playground, but you need to explain the basics in a clear way so he can judge whether the other stuff he hears is true or not! If you want to get a book, I'd suggest "Lets Talk About Sex" which covers all the basic stuff in a way which is aimed at children who are near puberty but not reached it yet. It's quite non-threatening and would give you a basis for talking about stuff, and for him to refer to when he wants to know something.

If he is in Yr 5, will he not have covered some of this in school? A neighbour's daughter seemed to have some kind of sex ed in Yr 4. Not that I am advocating just letting the school deal with it but I think you will find out that he may already have had a slightly clinical explanation at school or he will have picked up a number of interesting half-truths from the playground. Either way, I think you need to tackle it sooner rather than later.

We used a book called" where do I come from" my dc have asked at different ages.dd2 was 3 [gasp] I was pregnant though.However I gave her some info but not the whole thing and quickly changed the subject.The girls are now 10 and 8 and know everything.