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I'm a big believer in open communication--I started talking with my kids about sex when they were probably 7, lol. Seriously. I want my kids to be informed so I talk to them about pretty much every subject (sometimes I get the "gross Mom...", lol). But they WILL be informed, they'll learn it from me and they'll know all about protection, birth control etc. On the plus side, my kids (so far) tell me everything too. They're hitting puberty now and without going in to details, they've told me some stuff that's going on with them and I'm really happy that they feel comfortable talking with me about it. I never would have talked with my parents about similar issues.

I think if you start early, it makes the later conversations easier.