"Mister, I Believe You're Pregnant"

Australia
November 25, 2011 4:34am CST
There seem to be two great mistakes that we, parent make - mistakes as wide apart as the swing of the pendulum. One is that we evade the subject of s*x altogether and never mention it to our children. On the other extreme, some parents tell their children too much, while they are much too young, and they tell them in such way that they are likely to make extremely embarrassing observations. One tot was told that auntie was very fat because she was going to have a baby. The child was intrigued, and must have concluded mentally that all fat people were expecting to help populate the earth. The mother said further, "We call anyone who is going to have a baby, 'pregnant.'" "Auntie is pregnant? the child asked. "Yes dear," replied the mother. That night, the college professor came to call upon the family. The kid had not gone to bed yet. Presently she came close and looked the dignified gentleman over carefully. "Mr Vergara, I do believe you are pregnant!" she observed shrilly, looking pointedly at his vast frontage. Everyone embarrassed, but the dignified Mr Vergara was so utterly modified that he beat a hasty retreat. It is necessary to avoid prudishness and false modesty in teaching our little ones, but we should teach them not to belch or spit or talk about emptying their bladders or bowels in public. Children are not secretive, and they are most impulsive; therefore it is wise to mix a bit of discretion with the s*x education we give them. We must remember their years and understanding.
3 responses
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
25 Nov 11
Great story I makes me laugh out loud. What is wrong with telling a child the big belly contains a baby? I find that normal. If a child doesn't want to hear your news he/she will close his/her ears. The only thing I find wrong is calling that fat! Children are children, and there is nothing wrong either about talking about things we all do or have. You just make big misteries out of things that don't exist. Kids should be curious and if asking a question you should give them the answer. As everybody knows: children, drunks and idiots speak the truth!
1 person likes this
• Australia
26 Nov 11
Children have a right to know about the real fact of life. They have a right to expect truth and frankness from their natural informants, their parents. But only a fraction get the proper information from fathers and mothers; they are too busy, too dilatory, or too delicate minded to train the children they have brought into the world.
@Greninee (369)
• Philippines
25 Nov 11
oh! that's quite embarrassing.It's an example that parents should teach their children well because children tells what they think.
• Australia
26 Nov 11
the way a parent answers innocent queries will be the test to whether the child will come back for more information. If a parent scolds the child for asking about s*x, the child will probably never go to the parent again when in need of understanding on the subject.
@JER616 (545)
• Philippines
25 Nov 11
That's definitely an embarrassing scene for the parents' irresponsible way of teaching their children. But that is a simple illustration of the necessity of teaching parents how to handle candid and inquisitive curiosity of children. In psychology, a child's brain is termed as "tablarasa". It tends to absorb everything that is seen and heard from the people around them. Hence, it is proper that as adults, especially the parents, we must be able to be prudent of what we shall tell little children. As these things will make or break them.
• Australia
26 Nov 11
Such knowledge should be so gradually imparted as not to create a great astonishment or absorption in the mind of the child. It is better tell our children quite matter-of-factly.