Results: Having "The Talk"...or Not
Published on 11/14/2018
Whether you call it talking about "the birds and the bees," telling kids how babies are made, or whatever you want to call it, if children don't have "the talk" with their parents, they're gloing to find out about sexuality and conception somehow.
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1.
Did your patent/s have the "the talk" about love, romance, sexuality and procreation with you while you were growing up?
Yes
22%
496 votes
No
58%
1324 votes
The subject was intimated but never dierctly broached nor addressed clearly.
21%
474 votes
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2.
If you did have "the talk" with at least one parent or adult familial caregiver , at what age was it? 5 or younger
2%
47 votes
6-10
6%
146 votes
11-15
18%
402 votes
16 or older
5%
111 votes
Aspects of the subject were explained to me at age-appropriate levels throughout my childhood
8%
189 votes
I was never recieved "the talk."
61%
1399 votes
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3.
If you didn't get "the talk," from what oher source/s did you get the information it should have given you? School
32%
726 votes
Friends
37%
853 votes
Media/art (pornographic or otherwise)
9%
197 votes
Research I undertook for myself
14%
328 votes
My own experiences
33%
759 votes
I was given "the talk," and it sufficed.
9%
197 votes
I was given "the talk," but I found out more by way of at least one of the sources cited above.
20%
464 votes
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4.
Question for parents and Tellwutters in that roll: what's the ideal age for a child to receive "the talk"? It depends on the maturity of the child.
26%
597 votes
It's best to incrementally educate a child about the topic as s/he grows up.
19%
432 votes
5 or younger
3%
60 votes
11-15
25%
582 votes
16 or older
3%
79 votes
I'm not a parent nor acting in that role.
24%
544 votes
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