# 13 yr old dad???

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**Created:** [February 13, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/13-yr-old-dad/201848 "2009-02-13T18:21:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![tom\_vito](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tom_vito/32/6000_2.png) [@tom\_vito](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tom_vito)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/13-yr-old-dad/201848/36 "2009-02-17T12:40:51Z")

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> [@WTB: tools](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-tools/39629/9):
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> If you go and start telling your kids at the age of 8 or so about sex, drugs, how the real world is, etc… you will be denying them of their childhood. The great part of kids is seeing how they see the world without it being all fucked up. You need to teach your kids how to think on their own and make their own decisions instead of following mob mentality and when the time comes for them to really grow up, they will be prepared. I have no idea when the right time for the sex talk is, but I know my 7 year old has a few more years before I even start thinking about it.

I tend to disagree. Your 7 year old may not be ready for the talk, but how do you do others aren’t? Age is just a number. Not every 8 year old is ready for the talk, but mine was. I didn’t take any of his childhood away by telling him the true facts of life. IMHO, it will make him a better free thinker. A person that is able to decide right from wrong when it’s happening, not hours or days later. But again that is my child, yours may be different.

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