Before my son, who is eight went to bed this evening he asked "Daddy, My friends mummy had an abortion, What's an abortion?". It actually left me a bit gob smacked but i said i would explain it too him in the morning.. He's a smart kid and i know in the morning he will ask me again. I'm not really to sure what I'm going to say to him mainly because its his friends mother, and of course i don't know anything about the circumstances of her abortion. I don't even know if his friend understands what an abortion is. I don't want to open a can of worms.. Any parents out there who have answered similar questions for their children. I would be grateful for a any advise you could give..
yeah. Truth. She was going to have a baby, but didn't want it. So she's having a doctor make her not have a baby. You can add in that there are way too many babies out there as it is so bringing another into this over-crowded world would continue to push the boundaries of what the Earth can sustain...if you want.
Forgot all about this thread.. Thanks guys.. Explaining things to him turned out to be much simpler than i thought..
Hi. I am not a parent, but I can offer some prospective from the child's point of view, albeit 30 years later. I was about your son's age when I first heard word "abortion"- overhearing an adult conversation. I did not understand it as well, but something about it was very scary. Of course no one talked to me about it- but I wish they did. I think child needs to know what it is. Parents have to be ready for all sorts of question that may follow. Assuring the child that it would never take place when he was in the belly would be my best choice.
We would like to know that how simply you managed your kid.. as that might help our future baby we have.. well I just turned to adult a year.
Well thats good, I remember when my dad talked to me about adoptions and abortions lol awkward times...hah
if you had used the last paragraph it would have been a perfect segue into why one should wrap their willy