'How do babies grow – do you mean, how do a two people start a baby growing? Or how does the baby get food when he's growing inside the mother?'
To make sure that you understand his question, you might try responding to your child's question with another question. Parents have been known to embark on a long explanation of conception and birth only to hear their 6-year-old interrupt, 'No, I mean Timmy said he's from California – where did I come from?' Resist the temptation to jump in with speeches the minute your child asks a question about sex. 'The child is picking up the melody line, not the words.' 'The important thing is for a parent to explain difficult topics without seeming anxious,' says Jerome Kagan, professor of psychology at Harvard University.
