How long do you wait before you have the birds and the bees talk?

If I understand the gist of your question, this does not belong in the zoology area. I think you're asking about talking to your child about sex and how babies are made.





As a father, I think it is important to not lie to your child. Do not tell them about some mythic stork, finding children in a cabbage patch, etc. Tell them the truth about how mommies and daddies love each other very much, they make love, and they make a baby in mommy's tummy. He grows for 9 months, and then he is born.





If you are talking about the issue of the kid having sex, I'd wait until he is about 11 years old (9 for a girl, unless she has her first period earlier than that). Be frank and honest. Do not be overly technical or biological. Don't use euphemisms, either, or you risk your child not understanding.


It will be an uncomfortable talk, to be sure. However, just ask yourself: Would you rather he hear the truth from you, or a possibly harmful lie from someone else?





Good luck!How long do you wait before you have the birds and the bees talk?
Consider another reality for your answer. Reincarnation is an integral aspect of the evolutionary journey of each Soul, so ask yourself how long it has been since you were a bird, or a bee, and that gives you your answer.





PeaceHow long do you wait before you have the birds and the bees talk?
I give appropriate information at all ages; early on I mention that animals mate and have babies, and people get married and have babies, etc. Small children gradually learn more about it. I remember at 5 my daughter didn't know the difference between mating and marriage or know the mechanics of it, but she knew that females have babies or lay eggs, and the males have to mate/marry them first for it to happen. I teach morality in a similar gradual way, as appropriate for the age.


A little before puberty is a good time to start talking about the more complicated psychological aspects of social life, embarrassment, self esteem, relations with parents and friends, between boys and girls, and the place of sex in life.
There is no set age you go per child are they exhibiting interest in the opposite sex ?? Then you should have already had that talk.
With your children? When they start asking questions of course.
The bees should be out of their hive and the birds should at least be fledged.
It's normal to have the talk around ten or eleven because they are old enough to have questions. Middles school is the time of their lives when they learn a lot of things like that so its best if you tell them about it first.
I would say we the way society is today, and kids being exposed to various things at younger ages, I would have the talk at age: 12.