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ruby59|1485208308|4118701 said:Arcadian|1485208046|4118697 said:by the age of 6 I could tell you the parts of the vagina, and I could tell you about the penis. By the age of 6 I could tell you in detail how a baby was made and where they came from. That was something my mother insisted on for all of her kids. I'm the youngest of 5, 3 boys in between and they knew the same info I did.
So thankfully by the time I had my period, there was no embarrassment. It was a natural part of growing up.
IMO, the human mind makes such things dirty or embarrassing. In and of themselves, they are a part of the human anatomy, normal and natural.
A parent that takes pride to teach their children about anatomy is a beautiful thing.
I wish all parents would teach their kids these things early BEFORE the crazy stuff they might hear in the streets.
A girl gets her period around 11 or 12, so I think age 6 is a bit young to have that talk.
And there is nothing wrong with the human body, it is the costumes, complete with public hair, that I find distasteful.
I got my period at the age of 10, which was a totally different talk. My sister who is older than me, was the late bloomer, in my case I heard the talk twice....

Anyway back to the subject at hand; When I learned all of this, my mother was a registered nurse. She also decided she wanted her kids to be more aware and KNOW because knowledge is power. That first talk took place in the early 1970's. I guess you could say my parents were in many ways, progressive.
You know something, funny, I remember my mother telling me after I asked her if we could be friends (can't remember how old I was) that she would not be my friend until I was 21. Until then, she was NOT my friend, she was my mother.

The costume sighting in my household would have been a teachable moment. We grew up in the projects. There were LOTS of teachable moments, trust!