I saw a facebook post from a friend asking how we parents would have a “sex” talk with our children. That got me to thinking.

I’m a relatively young dad, as such, I am far from perfect, and I am not the most skilled in this aspect.

I’ve tried my best to be around not only for my own son, but for my sister, my nephews, and to a degree other “kids” around me.

I try to advise them as they grow older, give them pointers, etc.

The few I have been confronted with topics involving sex, I’m pretty straight up in my responses.

To the girls I say: “guys can be sneaky, protect your body and your soul, don’t get aids and don’t get pregnant”.

To the boys, my own son included I say: “Don’t get any girls pregnant and don’t get aids.”

Obviously there’s more to it than just this, but in summary that could cover the core of my message, naturally I’m more protective towards the girls, because dudes are dudes. Lol.

My son did ask me about sex, and how he was made. Now if you know me, you know I don’t like to lie, especially to my own son! To others, well it depends on what’s at stake.

In any case, I asked him, “are you sure you want to know, and what have you been told”. He said “I was told that moms get a shot and the baby is made”. This concept though has some truth behind it, I found utterly ridiculous. It insulted me and my sons intelligence.

As such I proceeded to rectify the situation. Not only did I tell him how kids are made, I accidentally ended up showing him a clip online. Oops. Lol. I meant to show him some anatomical information and got more than what I bargained for.

Naturally he was disgusted, thought it was gross and got mad that I told him such disgustingness. Lol. After the fact I realized perhaps my boy was not ready for this information, and I felt kind of douchy for sharing it.

Clearly his mom was not happy with my sharing this information with him and sought to further push the injection theory.

After that experience I dress certain things up for him. I don’t lie, I withhold or misdirect. I don’t flat out lie. However I learned that as much as he knows, and as quick as he’s growing, there are things he is not prepared for.

Even so, after this convo, I told him “when and if you ever have that disgusting sex, make sure you protect yourself and your partner with condoms.”.

I figured since I gave him some info, I better make sure he knows there are safety issues associated as well.

How have you talked to your kids about sex?