Post by Joanna Polisena on Sept 3, 2011 19:36:44 GMT -5
I checked out two books that cover private parts and how babies are made: It's Not the Stork: A Book About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends and Amazing You!: Getting Smart About Your Private Parts.
The "Amazing You" book was OK. It covered the basics and everything just fine and is probably appropriate for kids who have a short attention span. If I had it to do over again, I probably would pass on this book. I haven't introduced it to Willie yet, but this book was just very basic.
The "It's Not the Stork" book, however, was incredible. It has short chapters, but great pictures comparing boy and girl parts, and talking about the things that the genders have in common and how they are different. After discussing bodies and how they grow into grown-up bodies, it talks about how babies are made, how they are born, and discusses different types of families (which I loved).
And, it talks about good touches and bad touches. Having a book with this chapter is important to me, a survivor of child abuse. One of my biggest fears is having that happen to my children, so it's important for me to get them comfortable talking to me about this stuff as early as possible.
The couple of things that did throw me off was mention of medically assisted pregnancy (can't figure out why that would be important to a kid) and describing sex first as "love making" and referring to it in this way in the discussion that follows. We all want our kids to find love, etc., but it just feels odd to me to position sex as something "people in love" do because that's not always the case. But, that's my hang-up.
So, if you're looking for a fun introduction to sexuality for your youngin', I really recommend "It's Not a Stork."
Enjoy!
The "Amazing You" book was OK. It covered the basics and everything just fine and is probably appropriate for kids who have a short attention span. If I had it to do over again, I probably would pass on this book. I haven't introduced it to Willie yet, but this book was just very basic.
The "It's Not the Stork" book, however, was incredible. It has short chapters, but great pictures comparing boy and girl parts, and talking about the things that the genders have in common and how they are different. After discussing bodies and how they grow into grown-up bodies, it talks about how babies are made, how they are born, and discusses different types of families (which I loved).
And, it talks about good touches and bad touches. Having a book with this chapter is important to me, a survivor of child abuse. One of my biggest fears is having that happen to my children, so it's important for me to get them comfortable talking to me about this stuff as early as possible.
The couple of things that did throw me off was mention of medically assisted pregnancy (can't figure out why that would be important to a kid) and describing sex first as "love making" and referring to it in this way in the discussion that follows. We all want our kids to find love, etc., but it just feels odd to me to position sex as something "people in love" do because that's not always the case. But, that's my hang-up.
So, if you're looking for a fun introduction to sexuality for your youngin', I really recommend "It's Not a Stork."
Enjoy!