>I wanted to cry when my niece said
>to me...”auntie, can a boy
>and a boy or girl
>and girl have a baby
>together like a mommy and
>daddy”

i must be missing something. isn't it natural for children to want to know "where babies come from"?
isn't it a GOOD thing that the child is asking rather than wondering and getting misinformation? Isn't this a good opportunity to TECH the child something that might very well benefit them?

>if she didn’t see it here would she
>see it elsewhere? Are we
>living in a world where
>we have to train and
>inform our children about things
>I didn’t know about until
>JR High School?

yup we are. sad but true. BUT, in this case telling the child how babies are made isn't THAT unusual at that age.

i see your futher comments that basically agree with my views so i'll leave that alone...

>There
>are so many ways that
>we have become desensitized. Family
>life, the media, nature... theres
>so much.

I guess I missed how this ties in with the story you just told. Where does the desensitization come in?

>But theres this thing called
>innocence... and this is something
>that we should truly re-examine
>and explore. I often get
>upset with my parents for
>sheltering me from so much
>because there is ALOT that
>I don’t know about... but
>when I really look at
>it I feel that it
>was more of a blessing
>then a burden

i guess you're getting at the idea that exposing a child to too much can be a help as much as a hinderance? i'm kinda lost.

please explain...


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