Birds and Bees

[monster]

Originally Posted by smurfalicious

I just get pressure from my mom and a couple of other "old schoolers" that are telling me she's too young and to blow her off until she's older.

If you do this, she will ask elsewhere. If all the grown-ups in her family "blow her off", then she'll ask other kids and who knows what she's "learn" -certainly not you.

But more than that, you will set a taboo, perhaps making it harder for her to come and talk to you in the future, perhaps further piquing her curiosity causing her to research on her own and perhaps learn more than she is ready for yet. Like reading the last page of a book when all you really needed was the blurb on the dust cover.

Whatever you decide to say, pause frequently to allow her to ask more specifics, to see if she's following you and/or gauge if you have answered enough already. Make eye contact possible but not compulsory.