Need Recs. for Christian Kids' Book About Birds & Bees

[Crimson Wife]

I'm expecting #3 in January and my 6 yr old DD keeps asking me
questions I simply don't know how to best answer. I've told her that
God takes the DNA from the husband called the sperm and the DNA from
the wife called the egg to create a new baby that grows in the mommy's
womb. That satisfied her for a while but now she wants to know exactly
how the sperm gets to the egg. I told her that she didn't need to
worry about it until she's older but she keeps bringing up the
subject.

So I think that I'm going to have to give her a bit more
detailed an explanation before she winds up seeking one out on her own
that almost certainly won't come with a Christian moral POV (we live in the San Francisco Bay area & most families of our acquaintance are WAY more liberal in their views so who knows WHAT they've told their own kids :eek:).

Does anybody have a suggestion for a good kids' book that deals with this sensitive topic from a Christian moral perspective?

[tuckabella]

I have heard that these are good. DS is only 4, so I haven't delved into this topic much.
Hope this helps!
http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=060130&netp_id=458252&event=ESRCN&item_code=WW&view=covers

[4boys]

Growing Families International has a book called Reflection of Moral Innocence (I think that's the right name). I think it is about this very thing; keeping your kids innocent while giving them info. I have never read it but I love everything I have read by the Ezzos, so I would check this one out. You can probably find it at www.gfi.org (http://www.gfi.org). If you click on GFI store and then scroll down to the Reflections of Moral Innocence student workbook and click on that, it will give you a description of the book.

[OhElizabeth]

Well I picked up a couple of the God's Design books thinking I'd use them with dd, and they were so explicit they made *me* blush. They would give her the information she's wanting though. I just didn't feel comfortable with things like "it makes them feel good all over" (speaking of s*x). Whew! But I thought their point was valid, that you need to be straightforward with them.

Now my dd, when she was that age, asked about circumcision, which sent dh for a loop. So I took her aside and told her the honest truth: men have a p*nis and in the old days they chopped part of it off as a ritual. She promptly forgot and didn't care anymore, probably doesn't even remember now. You could take a similarly blunt, honest approach and explain that women have a V, men have a P, and they're perfectly made by God to fit together when we're married so that they join and make a baby. If you don't feel comfortable saying it, Sandi Queen, of Queen Homeschool, has some really wonderful materials meant for changing kids. I bought my dd the booklet meant for girls, and she devoured it, reading it over and over. But it's not focused on baby-making so much as their changing bodies. Really, I'd just tell it to her straight and move on. Don't be afraid of words. She's going to learn one day anyway, might as well be now, from you, in the context you provide.

[CMama]

I have heard that these are good. DS is only 4, so I haven't delved into this topic much.
Hope this helps!
http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=060130&netp_id=458252&event=ESRCN&item_code=WW&view=covers

:iagree:

I read the first book in the series to my ds4 - The Story of Me - and he loved it... I had to read it a couple of times. I looked the through the rest and will use them in the future as well. You may even be able to find them at your local library.

Another good one I read to him was The Wonderful Way Babies Are Made (http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=23412&netp_id=209388&event=ESRCN&item_code=WW&view=covers)... check your library for this one as well.

[stripe]

My interpretation is the religious aspect comes from a) intimacy within the commitment of marriage and b) the idea that God made male and female. The biology itself is sort of a separate issue, and I think one can use secular materials for this too.

Because I'm not living on a farm, I have started teaching my kids about animal and plant reproduction/birth, very slowly (inspired by some posts on this board). I am doing this to build a context. The book that's been the most explicit so far (not in a bad way) has been a book about pollination I found at the library ("From Flower to Flower") because it really is getting into the role of bees and other creatures, in getting pollen on their bodies from the male parts of the plant and spreading it to the flower's female parts. My kids have been sort of interested because they've seen bees, flowers, pollen, and honey, and it's certainly not "nasty."

[Crimson Wife]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions- I really appreciate them!

My DD does know the proper anatomical names for genitalia and their urinary function. I just haven't explained their reproductive function to her as of yet. I didn't think she needed to know the mechanics until she was older what with us homeschooling and not having TV. But unfortunately, I'm finding that this pregnancy is triggering all kinds of questions I wasn't anticipating her asking at this tender age :ack2:

[Carol in Cal.]

I would suggest starting with the book for preschoolers--ages 3-5--and then add in the book for 6-8 year olds after you feel like the first was was thoroughly digested. They are warm, age-appropriate, accurate, and Biblically conservative.

I live San Jose if you want to look at ours--otherwise if you're up in the city, you might call West Coast Church Supplies, which used to be the Lutheran Book Store, in South San Francisco, and see whether they have the series.

PM me if you want more info.

They have just redone the series to be gender specific, and I have not seen the new versions. The old one covered both genders in each book, and I prefer that approach, frankly. But the authors really know their ages, and the last two versions were both excellent.