7 year old - age appropriate sex education advice

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Hi all, my son is 7.5 and has this evening asked if it hurts to make a baby and then asked if it doesn't hurt, whether it feels nice. I was a little blind sided as this question seemingly came out of nowhere. I said that it was a really good question and that I wanted to think about the best way to answer it and would do so tomorrow.

Does anyone have any advice on how best to answer this? I feel totally unprepared! I know he has had some lessons at school mainly focusing on body autonomy and as a family we've talked about mummy had an egg and daddy having a seed and then our son was created, but we haven't needed to go any further into details until now.

After looking online I can't find anything that seems to be massively helpful, so any books, podcasts, or other websites or resource recommendations would be super helpful- thanks all so much for your suggestions.

My DD is years away from these questions, but my DH and I still talk about what we would try to explain at different ages for an appropriate but truthful answer. Your DS is 7.5, so I would say he is old enough to know that with two adults who love each other making a baby doesnt hurt, and that when he is old enough and with the right person he might have children of his own. If he asks more relating to the enjoyment side I would say that starts to border on not appropriate, and I would probably explain that as you get older the way your body feels things changes, and that in a couple more years you will be able to explain it further?

Kathleen Hema has some great resources you should check out for this. She has different videos on how to have age-appropriate sex talks with your kids.

Thank you so much @dramallama25 this looks so helpful