h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

This entry should really be called how not to teach other people's kds the facts of life. My child knows as much as he asks, suitable for his age. (He's 6). Like others in another thread, I tell him simply and truthfully. He stll asks odd questions though, on seeing a girl naked he asked how she went to the toilet. Then I wonder why I bother telling him anything!
What gets awkward is him telling other children, as he is not old enough to know what should be repeated. It makes it hard to walk a fine line. He was busy telling a 9 year old boy he'd known for 10 minutes that our dog has had his testicles removed so he couldn't have puppies. He also knew at 4 not only how my pregnant friend would have her baby, but how she got that way. Her 7 year old daughter had been told it would come out of the navel. Tryng to stop him telling her about seeds and eggs was not easy in front of a frowning mother.
So only tell your child what you can trust them not to blab around. Let other children have the privillage of being told by their parents too.

And never, ever discuss your own sex life. Sex in general is fine, they have a right to know that, but not details of what you do and don't like.