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Off the Mat: When My 1st Grader Asks About Sex

Pain specialist & yoga Instructor Ginny Hamilton is committed to answering her young son’s questions honestly. Even about sex. Even in public. Deep breaths and pregnant pauses, in this month’s “Off the Mat: Reflections on the Practice of Parenting.”

Category: Contributing Writer, Ginny Hamilton, Parenting Tags: Advice, Parenting, Parenting Advice, Reproduction, Sexual Education, Where Do Babies Come From

Q&A: Where Do Babies Come From?

QUESTION AND ANSWERS Have your kids asked yet how babies are made, or where babies come from? What did you say? If they haven’t asked yet, how might you reply when they do? Amanda Kingsley writes, “My five year old thinks that boy eggs are on one side and girl eggs are on the other… beyond that cuteness we’ve explained that the sperm meets the egg to make a baby. She hasn’t… Read More