This week the lovely Dollymixers share with us...
"Did your parents talk to you about 'the birds and the bees' when you were younger?"
Susi Weaser:
They did. I cried.
Isabelle O'Carroll:
I got given two Usborne books when I was in my tweens, by which time we'd covered it at school anyway.
Katie Lee:
Not really - I lived on a small holding with lots of animals. You tend to get the gist very early on.
Katie Button:
I think my mum might have, but must have been quite cool about it, as I have no painful memories.
Keris Stainton:
I don't remember them doing and I doubt it. I think I picked stuff up watching Dallas and Dynasty.
Cate Sevilla:
No one really ever explained it all to me. I just read the dictionary and my best friend and I would steal our mothers' Daniel Steel novels.
Katherine Hannaford:
My Mum is a nurse, so has always been very upfront and frank about these things. I don’t remember a time in my life where I didn’t actually know about my body, sex, periods et al, I must learnt at a very young age. Having said that, I do remember Mum giving me one of those Where Do Babies Come From? books when I was about six.
Abi Silvester:
Absolutely. My sister was born when I was four, so naturally, they explained to me where she’d come from by means of a book aimed at young children which talked about the entire process from conception to birth in appropriate language and pictures. I think it is utterly irresponsible for parents to do anything other than what mine did, and was horrified when I found out during sex ed. classes that some girls had got to age 9 or 10 without knowing anything about where babies came from or even their own rapidly approaching menstrual cycle.
Amber McNaught:
No, thank God. I found out all by myself.
Alex Roumbas:
don’t remember them doing so. I think they trusted my school and justifiably; I’ve never had much confusion in that area. I think they would have done if I’d asked, with only some embarrassment and evasion!
Charlotte Howells:
Er, probably. Do I want to relive it? I think not.
Laura Street:
My Mother bought me a book called ‘Lets talk about sex’, my Dad just ignored the situation and continues to.
Zara Rabinowicz:
Well my mum was a science teacher so she helpfully showed me the science reproductive pages which made me confused about estrogen and chromosomes
