It hasn’t come up for us. I once found Ainsley and her cousin playing “I’m having a baby.” He was pretending to pull the baby out of her bottom and her screeching in pain, but no other doctor experience. I laughed.

I think it’s normal for them to be curious and experiment.

But I frequently talk about keeping our clothes on and who is allowed to touch our bodies. The answer is NO ONE except your self. I then I might go through a lists of who includes no one – neighbors and friends, cousins, aunts, uncles, daddies, grandma’s and grandpas, even mommies don’t touch us in certain places.

These boundaries were very loose until around 4 when there were more practical reasons for touching potty areas.

I wouldn’t freak out or shame her if I found her playing Dr. with another age-appropriate child, but I would stop it and explain our safety rules again.

It wasn’t a fun read because lots of it made me uncomfortable. I’m sure I’m not alone in wishing 6 year olds didn’t have quite so much information. But, I felt the book was exhaustive in material about what kids know, how they know it, and had good suggestions about when and what to tell and why.

It addresses every aspect of sexuality from “Mommy, what is a transvestite?” To “can I get Aids from playing Basketball?”