sigh.... germans

[TheKing]

just look

http://slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/curiosities/germansexed.htm

[Conveyor Belt]

Well, that answers all the questions.

[onlyme]

Umm...maybe it's because I am German but I don't see the problem. That's the way babies usually are conceived, isn't it? While I might not show this book to a preschooler, I wouldn't hesitate using it as an additional source of information for a grade schooler.

[Bahlk]

I've got german on my side of the family, and it worked that way for me. But I didn't have the book to go by though, I just played by feel. :smt023

[marion]

I don't see the problem either. In fact, I think it explains it much better than any sex ed I ever got.

It sure is funny though. The baby looks like he's swimming out in the second picture.... and the look on the man and the dr's face. That's got to be the funniest thing I've seen all day.

[Hermione]

Did it bother anybody that the poor mom was starkers while the men were fully dressed? Give the lady a sheet for heaven's sake!!

[thornton04]

So at what age would you let your kids see that?

[Hermione]

Twenty-five, thirty maybe.

[thornton04]

It looks like it was made for 2-3 year olds.

[Conveyor Belt]

It looks like it was made for 2-3 year olds.

I'd let my 6 year old see it. We've already explained the biology part to him when he's asked, no reason not to put pictures to the process so he fully understands.

[HubDawg]

Those crazy Germans! Explains why their cars are so well made, huh? They show you EXACTLY how to do it. So where's the Marvin Gaye CD? I didn't see that anywhere. No child can be conceived without the sounds of Marvin Gaye in the background. And the stork? Where is he? I know he's part of this process cuz' my momma and daddy told me so.

[TheKing]

let me just say im not against explaining the biology to a kid when she asks...

but we all know that goes above and beyond any other 'aides' that are out there now

and im not against the book... im just saying....

only in germany

[MamaTyson74]

Whats the problem? Its not anything worse then kids see already! TV, internet, etc..... they are showing kids more then that book.
BTW, Im german but thats not the reason why I find a problem with this book :-)

[SoMissTV]

Germans love David Hasselhoff.

http://6.content.collegehumor.com/d1/ch6/e/2/collegehumor.2cd33d6eee56fbd3d967b692996cea55.jpg

[betsy]

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[Hermione]

The biggest problem with showing it to a three-year old, is that they would then explain it all to Grandma, Sunday School teacher, the neighbors, and ALL the people in line at the grocery. I'm just sayin'. . .

[Conveyor Belt]

let me just say im not against explaining the biology to a kid when she asks...

but we all know that goes above and beyond any other 'aides' that are out there now

and im not against the book... im just saying....

only in germany

I think it's still innocent enough in it's cartoons to be shown to a kid, though. They could have used real pictures. Now, THAT would have been inappropriate.

[TheKing]

so... by that logic you are okay with something of that caliber being sesame street...

and animated

[Conveyor Belt]

so... by that logic you are okay with something of that caliber being sesame street...

and animated

The penetration part being animated might be taking it a bit far. It's one thing to show the ocean, another to show the waves, y'know?

Again, I'd show it to my 6 year old, and probably his later 5 years. Anything below that, I think, would have been a bit too young.

[g8rfan]

I had a book like that when I was younger. I can't remember what it was called... Off to search for it...

[g8rfan]

It was "Where did I come from?". It was illustrated like the German book but had more naritive details.

[Engelbert Humperdinck]

The biggest problem with showing it to a three-year old, is that they would then explain it all to Grandma, Sunday School teacher, the neighbors, and ALL the people in line at the grocery. I'm just sayin'. . .

Why are we as a society ashamed of the natural reproduction process?

[TheKing]

because we dont have sex to naturally reproduce...

we have sex to get our rocks off...

[dollfus46]

What I find wrong about it is it's a man and a woman. Not very PC. Biased if you ask me. To be fair, they should have had two gays showing up in the OR to take the baby home or maybe at an adoption agency picking up a child. Leaves no room for gay couples to be parents.

[Hermione]

Why are we as a society ashamed of the natural reproduction process?

My comment was meant to be humorous. Until you've been really embarrassed by a small child, you don't know from embarrassed.

(I was remembering a child I know who at age four was explaining about his mother being adopted and how he was related to her birth family. It was hilarious.)

[kevin]

Just Give them "The joy of Sex" I enjoyed it as a kid!

[mac]

It doesn't look that bad. They didn't have to show the, uh, inside details. But still.

I'm not sure at what point I would show that to my kid. Probably not until he/she really pressed me for info.

[gine]

What I find wrong about it is it's a man and a woman. Not very PC. Biased if you ask me. To be fair, they should have had two gays showing up in the OR to take the baby home or maybe at an adoption agency picking up a child. Leaves no room for gay couples to be parents.

Made me snort my ice cream:kekeke:

[dollfus46]

Made me snort my ice cream:kekeke:
That's gotta smart. Give ya brain freeze. Glad you enjoyed my little mischief-making.

[dollfus46]

Just Give them "The joy of Sex" I enjoyed it as a kid!
:bowrofl: What male kid didn't?

[proud MS-ian]

A second grader came home from school and said to her grandmother, "Grandma, guess what? We learned how to make babies today."

The grandmother, more than a little surprised, tried to keep her cool even though she was worried what the child may have been told. "That's interesting," she said, "How do you make babies?"

"It's simple," replied the girl. "You just change 'y' to 'i' and add 'es'!

[onlyme]

So at what age would you let your kids see that?

Kindergarten, 1st grade. Somewhere around that age. The accompanying text seems to address that age group as well.

[kevin]

:bowrofl: What male kid didn't?

Some kids would rather learn about sex on video games.:smt103

[gine]

It is kinda funny and kinda sad when I think of it. My brothers and sisters and I learned about sex growing up around farm animals - rather that made us ask the questions to learn about sex. My kids asked the questions after viewing television. Anybody remember when the hottest thing going was the Sears catalog not Victoria's Secret models parading around on the television. The bra commercials when I was a child consisted the maniquen wearing the bra with the lady and ruler pointing out the "cross your heart"? And I'm only in my 40s. Things have changed, and I think the book is very appropriate in today's times given that sex is plastered everywhere and used to sell everything from toothpaste to cars. With that said, it is the parents who should decide when and how their child is taught.

[dollfus46]

It is kinda funny and kinda sad when I think of it. My brothers and sisters and I learned about sex growing up around farm animals - rather that made us ask the questions to learn about sex. My kids asked the questions after viewing television. Anybody remember when the hottest thing going was the Sears catalog not Victoria's Secret models parading around on the television. The bra commercials when I was a child consisted the maniquen wearing the bra with the lady and ruler pointing out the "cross your heart"? And I'm only in my 40s. Things have changed, and I think the book is very appropriate in today's times given that sex is plastered everywhere and used to sell everything from toothpaste to cars. With that said, it is the parents who should decide when and how their child is taught.
Heck gine, I still go straight to the bra and panty section of the Belk stuffer in the Sunday paper. Old age is hell.:cry:

[MMA]

just look

http://slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/curiosities/germansexed.htm Kinda interesting just what you had to be looking for to find that.

[TheKing]

Kinda interesting just what you had to be looking for to find that.

i was looking for your mom!

:ohnoes:

[58ford]

I believe in the philosophy of "Ed" from "Chico & the Man".
"You can't teach sex in school! You gotta pick it up on the streets like I did."

[dollfus46]

let me just say im not against explaining the biology to a kid when she asks...

but we all know that goes above and beyond any other 'aides' that are out there now

and im not against the book... im just saying....

only in germany
First one needs to decide the proper age and what information to give them at each level. For me, this is geared to an age far below anything I'd begin to consider discussing this sort of information with them. This is almost at the level of Joy of Sex.

[58ford]

I notice that the Germans aren't teaching "Safe Sex"
Besides everybody knows you learn all that stuff in National Geographic.

[onlyme]

First one needs to decide the proper age and what information to give them at each level. For me, this is geared to an age far below anything I'd begin to consider discussing this sort of information with them. This is almost at the level of Joy of Sex.

What DO you tell you kid when he/she come to you and asks where babies come from?
"They grow in their mother's tummy"
"Did she eat them"
"No"
"How did they get in there?"
.....and there the fun begins. Been there, done that. There was not much left to imagination when I was pregnant with No. 2 and No. 1 needed to know EXACTLY how the little brother got in there. Have used books like that and both kids ( and Mom ) lived to tell ;)

[onlyme]

I notice that the Germans aren't teaching "Safe Sex"
Besides everybody knows you learn all that stuff in National Geographic.

Do, too. Our teacher was the most embarrassed guy in the room. That banana was just not cooperating :kekeke:

[wilkiesan]

I wonder if I could use the third from last page as my avatar?

[MMA]

i was looking for your mom!

:ohnoes:Don't you mean our mom??