BRE: 5th grade Boy/Girl Development Film

[lar]

It's all about timing.

[grafxgirl]

Taylor knows that babies are carried in mommy's tummys until they are ready to be born and she knows how they come out of the tummy too. She's 4 years old. We just haven't explained to her how the baby gets in the tummy yet because she hasn't asked about that part yet.

[LeoTheLion]

I told both my girls everything - eggs, periods, a boy's "P" and a girl's "V" ("P" and "V" for the readers - I actually told them the real words)...sperm and egg, the waiting period, what Mommy goes through, cravings, morning sickness ("all Mommies are different"), etc. Honesty is the best policy.

If they had more questions, they felt very free to come back to me and ask. That's how my Mom did it, and I appreciated her for that. Never had to learn from anyone else, and I don't want my girls to learn from anyone but me.

[Chutney Daftcraft]

GG, I'll have a talk with her and set her straight.

[grafxgirl]

Oh no! I don't want to know what Uncle Adam would tell her!

[lar]

I'm not hiding anything.

[June]

The movie we had to watch in 5th grade was AWFUL! ere we were, in the 1970's but stuck with a 50's movie. It was in black and white and some parts were animated! They never actually told how a woman got pregnant, but there was one part where the animated guy and girl were standing there talking and my friend told me that you could get pregnant from standing too close to the guy! Fortunately the teacher straightened out that misunderstanding.

[beckythemom]

By the way, since we are talking about BRE, what's the deal with 6th grade orientations. Anybody have info on that to share, Becky?

No idea about the 6th grade stuff, sorry. My son says he's going to opt not to go. He's going to be homeschooled next year and says he doesn't see the point of touring an establishment he has no intention of attending. Sounds logical to me.

[beckythemom]

Mine know the baby came from my belly. They don't know how it got in there, or how it gets out. Unless someone else told them or they saw it on TV.

Heh. I told mine that a baby is God's gift that is a result of a very special type of love two people have for each other. And when they asked how the baby got out, I was very honest...

"Mommy called the doctor and made an appointment. On the very special day, the doctor met Mommy and Daddy at the hospital and Mommy had an operation where the doctor took you out of my tummy. No, it didn't hurt because Mommy had lots of happy medicine first to make sure no pain was involved."

See? It's easy.

[Chutney Daftcraft]

The movie we had to watch in 5th grade was AWFUL! ere we were, in the 1970's but stuck with a 50's movie. It was in black and white and some parts were animated! They never actually told how a woman got pregnant, but there was one part where the animated guy and girl were standing there talking and my friend told me that you could get pregnant from standing too close to the guy! Fortunately the teacher straightened out that misunderstanding.

That one up there that I posted is awful. You should watch it all the way thru, it just gets worse and worse and worse, until you taste your stomach acids in the back of your throat. It's a classic trainwreck, and possibly one of the most delightfully uncomfortable films I've seen in quite some time.

[ValentineJessi]

That one up there that I posted is awful. You should watch it all the way thru, it just gets worse and worse and worse, until you taste your stomach acids in the back of your throat. It's a classic trainwreck, and possibly one of the most delightfully uncomfortable films I've seen in quite some time.

You are right about that! I don't think it can get much worse than that! Would someone actually take their daughter/sister to show them all that mess? And I love the "blood comes out of my body through an opening between my legs" and "come about every 4 weeks" over and over again.