For each baby, his parents, as gods, are the most powerful and intelligent. Therefore, with a question about how children appear, he will turn, first of all, to mom and dad. However, as practice shows, no matter how parents prepare for this issue, it is most often taken by surprise.
Psychologists unanimously argue that the question of where the children come from should be answered honestly and simply. Simple - means to present information in the form and in the quantities in which the baby is able to absorb. Honestly - it means that you should not invent fantastic stories about stork and cabbage. These stories can undermine your child's confidence in you.
Usually, at the age of three years, the baby is not interested in the details of his conception and the process of birth. Therefore, in this case, the answer to the question of where the children come from will be quite happy with the answer: from my mother’s tummy. In the future, we can talk about the fact that the pussy also has kittens in its tummy, the birds hatch from the eggs, and small fish grow out of the eggs. In the event that you feel that this answer is not enough, then you can tell the story that before
of how the baby was in my mother’s stomach, he was like a grain of two halves. Part of the grain was kept by mom, another by dad. When dad and mom met, two parts of the grain joined in the stomach of mom.
In the process of growing up, the child may not have enough of this knowledge. Usually, by the age of five or six, a need arises for a more detailed account of how children appear. In this case, one can talk about the gender differences between a man and a woman and that two people take part in the process of the birth of a new life: when mother's and father’s cells join, a new life is born. Further, you can tell that at first the baby looks like two, then like four cells and it takes as long as nine months to become ready to be born.
By the age of eight, you can provide a little more information and explain the meaning of such words as “uterus”, “sperm”, “egg” and how the fastest sperm merges with the egg.
What to do if a child by the age of six or seven has not asked questions about how children appear? Here the opinions of experts differ: some say that you should not start this conversation yourself, others say that you should not delay the story. It all depends on your personal beliefs and desires. However, it should be borne in mind that the child may not ask parents these questions, because contact is not established in the "parent-child" system. In addition, he will still receive the necessary information about where the children come from, but from other people. For example, from peers, and no one can guarantee that this information will not be distorted. Therefore, we can touch on the topic ourselves, taking this opportunity: “Look - Aunt Lucy has a growing stomach. Do you know why? Because the baby lives there ... "
It is very important that the word love takes the central place in conversations about how children appear. You should try to make sure that your child approaches the teenage period with clear ideas about the basic physiological processes and anatomical features that are associated with the birth of a child.
Of course, answering the adult questions of kids is an art, and your future relationship will depend on how you master it.