I know what you are saying, but someone forgot to tell that to the physiological bodies of teens. Sex drive is much stronger than will power at such an age. Today's teens don't look like the teens when I was growing up -- must be all of the steroids in the chickens we eat.
Mentally, these people are only kids because we don't expect more from a teenager. It is now illegal for a 13 year old kid to work in the US, but my grandmother was getting ready to raise a family not long after turning 13. I'd almost bet you that my grandmother's parents weren't thrilled with that idea either. They just accepted it.
ChickPea, don't wait til they are nine to begin introducing the talks. I was probably only in second grade when I started hearing about sex from a couple of my classmates -- The silly things they say. :funn: Maybe you just start with very vague big-picture topics at an earlier age, like the meaning, make-up and purpose of a family. By progressively introducing the topic, it won't be so difficult for you to talk about it at some magic age. The kids will likely be more understanding of it, rather than feeling weird about talking to their parents about it. My mom and dad never talked about it, don't even know how I was born, because I cannot imagine them having sex. :funn:If they had talked about it early enough, I wouldn't have thought that my classmates were right.
