Help!

Help!  My seven-year-old is asking about sex!  Isn’t he way too young?  Should I postpone this discussion or should I just go ahead with it now?  Is there a book or something?

The time to answer the question is when it is asked.  For you, that time is now!  Listen carefully to what is being asked.  Don’t give answers to questions he hasn’t thought of yet, but let the answers you give be truthful ones.  Probably what you will be doing is opening the door to a continuing conversation that will be picked up for years to come.  Be sure you communicate that it is okay for your son to come to you with his questions.  His level of comfort with the subject will match yours, so be as comfortable as you can be.  It may be good to use a book as a conversation starter.  One series I like is the “God’s Design for Sex Series” by Stan and Brenna Jones.  This series consists of four books for different ages, preschool through age 14.  Pick the one that most closely matches your child’s developmental stage and talk through it together.  The books help children understand their own bodies as well as the fact that God’s design for sex is one of His good gifts to us.  I know you will be able to have private conversations with your son that will lead him to a right understanding of God’s great plan for our bodies and our families.