Teaching kids about their bodies and sex

[Hair Goddess]

How are you handling it? I bought a book "whats happening to my body for boys" and I am reading it. I think it is a bit advanced for my 10yo ds. It discusses sex quite a bit. He has started needing deoderant and even sprouted a few pubes (according to the dr) I was brought up in a house of 'silence' when it came to sex etc. So I really don't know how to raise my kids differently, but I want to!!!

[hughmook]

I got the American Girl book, The Care and Keeping of You, for my 11yo dd. It's really great It tells you all about your bodily changes, as in pubes, odor, periods and all that without getting into the nitty-gritty sex stuff. It's geared to girls only though. My dd loves the book.