Educating About Where Babies Come From

"It's So Amazing" by Harris and Emberly. My daughter is 9 and son 6 and we got this for them (although daughter is more interested). We have taught our children (including our 4 year old daughter), about sex in a scientific manner. Although some parts of the book can be uncomfortable for adults, children do not judge unless they are taught to do so. We tried to present the information without any particular tone. Recently, my daughter has asked about the logistics of the whole thing and this is when we started discussing the appropriateness of sexual intercourse, age etc... There's also a book by the same authors I think called "It's Perfectly Normal." This deals in more mature matter and also discussed grooming and the like. It's not suited for younger ones (younger than 8 or 9). I have found it is best to answer questions accurately rather than "putting off" the inevitable.

American Girls The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls is the book I picked to start with. I called to Barnes & Noble last night in fact and they are holding it for me! It's only $9.95. I thought it should be a good one to start with since it covers so much of puberty issues.

I don't know the name of the book but with my daughter she's almost 7 she already knows the EVERYTHING!

I told her piece by piece when she wanted more info or what I said wasn't good enough I told her a little more.... Being pregnant right now has really had her little mind going and she wanted details.

I started out with baby comes from mommy's tummy, she wanted to know how it got there so I said Dadddy put it in there. When that was no longer good enough I explained how sex works. I didn't want to hold back from my daughter and I didn't want her picking up the wrong information from outside either.

A., there is a wonderful book, published by American Girl and available at Bath and Body Works, that explains all about how girls grow and change. I don't know that it goes explicitly into the "birds and bees" aspect, but it does talk about cleanliness, how their bodies change, their periods, etc. I got it for my daughter when she was 9, and we enjoyed reading it together. It led her to lots of questions and sharing of things she had already heard from her friends. I don't know if this is exactly what you are looking for, but I highly recommend it for anyone with girls in the 8 - 12 age group.

I did "The Care and Keeping of You" from American Girl. It was the best book ever and my friend even sent her daughter over so my daughter and hers could learn together and ask questions.

Try "Where did I come from?" by Peter Mayle.

a great book i found that my daughter loves and has learned from is called "the care and keeping of you-the body book for girls" by valorie lee schaefer. i have always made her feel comfortable asking me questions so she reads up on something then asks more if needed. it's for the younger pre-teens like your daughters and is very basic with easy terminology but very informative too. hope this helps!

S. m