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21 Of The Funniest Children’s Reactions After Finding Out Where Babies Come From Shared On Twitter
Raising children is a hard job—you feed and care for them, you protect them, and, most importantly, you're their primary source of information, so you'd better act like a walking encyclopedia. And while some of the questions are about colors or which type of dirt is best to build mud castles with, there are some harder topics that children sometimes stumble upon, and it's a parent's job to explain them to the best of their ability. Luckily, there are cases when the otherwise tricky situation can lead to a few laughs and a fun experience.
This Twitter thread was started by user megan (@meganmuircoyle), who kick-started a discussion about funny stories involving the first sex talk with kids. The seemingly innocently hilarious tweet revealed that plenty of parents have funny memories of their kids finding out about the birds and the bees.
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Mr. Derpy Dino 4 years ago
haha! I said thats when i learned about it(sadly, by some messed up kid and not my parents...)
The "talk" comes at a variety of ages. Some children can wait until they are 10 years old before their curiosity peaks, while others want to know the story when they hit 5 years. It all depends on the inner drive to know things, and the parent's willingness to talk about the topic. And as the thread proves, regardless of the age, all variants of the conversation can end in a funny memory.
There's also the inherent benefit of talking to your child about sex (regardless of them being on the younger side). For one, they will grow up with the knowledge of what it means, which will likely ease their trips down puberty lane. Additionally, if parents share their experience with a child, it creates a genuine connection between the two, further driving home the point that it's completely natural and not something to be shied away from.
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Dizzy Falcon 4 years ago
Facts. And boners at the worst goddamn times. Presentation? Don't mind if I do
Shelley DuVal 4 years ago
I was ten and had my first period, so my foster mother told me all about them, well, she said they come once a month and last until you are 50. Oh, and not to tell other kids because its a big secret. Leaving school one afternoon i was walking behind a couple of high school kids who were talking about periods, and one said to the other that men also have a sort of period but it was white instead of red. I spent a good portion of my teenage life believing that.
Mr. Derpy Dino 4 years ago
oh- ooh. my god i feel bad for you. and i will never think the same again......(im laughing when i read that.)
Shaivya Shrivastava 4 years ago
Our of control hormones, fewer neural pathways and weaker genes actually. Scientific fact.
Beth Arriaga 4 years ago
My daughter started her period at 10. She thought a woman bled once, then it was over until the next month. When I told her she might bleed, day and night, for up to 7 days, I have never seen anyone look so betrayed in my life. She still is angry with me at 'making' her think it was a one shot deal.
Anna roberts 3 years ago
I started at 10 and no one had told me anything. I thought I was bleeding to death. Good thing we had a family down the street that used to have a farm. The 7 yr old explained it to me
Jackie Swenson 4 years ago
I knew at the ripe old age of 10 from stumbling across "grown up videos"with my friend Victoria.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
They get off lucky ---- my mom's probable response to that, had I asked.
Jackson Red 4 years ago
us men dear child have something called D.A.D also know as Dumb Ass Disease
Batgirl Kitty 4 years ago
It’s not fair! I mean, i haven’t had it yet, but i hope it doesn’t for a long time.
Mary Hurst 3 years ago
A lifetime of no cramps, soiled panties, $$ spent on feminine hygiene products, sore breasts, and the joy of having sex without worrying you’ll get pregnant.
Bonnie Sinclair 3 years ago
When my oldest daughter was 10 I sat her down to give her the talk. As soon as I started talking to her about when she starts her period and said how it would happen every month, she held up her hand and said "Stop. I don't want to hear any more." and got up and walked out of the room. She heard enough at least so that when she did start at 11 she wasn't freaked out.
Random Anon 3 years ago
Well, dudes get a permanent and well-known weakness like that exhaust vent on the Death Star.
Gage Franke 4 years ago
I heard of a kid seeing that, and the first thing the kid said was "There's ketchup in your pee-pee!"
Zax-A-Dweeb 4 years ago
OH wow.......*laughs till i cry* Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah ok i'm done now *wipes tear* oh god..
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
When you grow up on a farm, those extra-credit questions don't arise too often, in my experience. My fam, we kinda figured it was cows with cows, horses with horses, cats with cats, and th eneighbor's dog with anyone's leg if they stood still. ;-P
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Chris Largent 4 years ago
Sorry, but that's not a babysitter's place (unless the child's parent grants permission) to explain.
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Caroline Driver 4 years ago
I can't remember what age I was, but I do remember asking my mum where babies came from. She was a nurse. She drew diagrams and used the proper names and everything.
giovanna 4 years ago
My mom did the same, nurse as well. Has always called things by their name and been direct (age appropriate of course, meaning her answers changed according to our age while growing up). But i have always known what menstruation are, how children are born etc.
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Fidgets McGee 4 years ago (edited)
My mom did same (not a nurse) and we promptly shared our new found knowledge with the neighbourhood kids--mom got angry calls from the other moms for blowing their "stork brought the baby" cover lies... (Ealry 80s, Christian neighbourhood)
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Another nurse's kid here. Anatomy book. Color pictures. Medical terminology. By the time she was done (I was ten, I think?) I was ready to vow lifelong abstinence. And that's as a farm kid, and we generally aren't too "sheltered". Nurse-Moms pull no punches!
Jessica Shookhoff 4 years ago
That is the truth! Some might call it trauma, Nurse-Moms call it Birth Control!
Holly Allen 4 years ago (edited)
All of us nurses' kids can explain every single detail by the time we can talk 😂 I apparently passed this juicy info on to my friends complete with demonstrating with my Barbies. Mom got lots of phone calls 😂
Brielle 4 years ago
Yup my mom did the same. She’s a labor and delivery nurse.... wasn’t that fun of a time.
Jessica Shookhoff 4 years ago
Lol! YES, same!!! Family dinner time was... something, wasn't it? It seemed like once a week my mother was reminded of one of her less fortunate patients, and would describe it all in detail. Let's just say I avoided pea soup for quite a few years...
Memere 4 years ago
Yep, my mom was a nurse too. Plus we moved to a farm when I was 7 (I'm the oldest of 4 kids), so we learned the 'facts of life' pretty quickly! It's kinda fun to watch piglets being born, but cows - not so much!
Melanie Fitzpatrick 4 years ago
I was 7. My mom gave me her Nursing Obstetrics text book, complete with photos. She was studying for her RN degree.
HooowlAtTheMoon 4 years ago
When I learned about how babies were made (at age 6) I was silent for a moment, then I said "That sounds like it hurts. I'm never having a baby." and to this day I am asexual.
Luna 4 years ago
When I asked my daughter, just because I was curious as to what she might say, she thought for a moment then replied, "I think they pop out of Mommy's tummy then hatch out of eggs"😂🤣🤔
MRSS 4 years ago
OH MY FREAKING GOD, I LOVE YOUR DAUGHTER!! I choked on my coffee from laughing so hard by her comment. Then the actual visual of them popping out as eggs and hatching sent me into hysterical laughter to the point my ABS are killing me right now. This is brilliant
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Mother of Goblins 1 year ago
The visual only gets better when the egg looks like a pokemon egg.....
A 4 years ago
My 4 year old: "I know I used to live in your tummy, but how did I get out? It's not like there's a door"
Memere 4 years ago
That's how my son phrased it, he was 5 at the time. The mom of one of the other kids at daycare was pregnant & he knew the baby was growing inside the mom's tummy. What was bad was that he asked me while we were driving home in rush hour traffic! Boy, that made for a fun trip!
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Harleen 4 years ago
Our kindergarten teacher did a very basic overview. A little TOO basic. When she talked about females having eggs that come out every month, I was terrified. I thought I was going to start laying eggs like a chicken.
Tim Haight 4 years ago
Unfortunately I had parents who told you nothing about how that worked. Few states if any had any kind of sex education. Some places it was illegal to teach about it or veneral diseases. Air Force basic training was the first so called sex ed. I'm male. This class consisted of showing us (there were about 100 of us in the room) a film about mensturation, then passing around contraceptives (like an IUD, a rubber, diagrhram) while the instructor read word for word out of the basic training handbook.
Tim Haight 4 years ago
In basic they didn't, but when I was deployed over seas they passed out rubbers.
Heidi Svenson 4 years ago
I remember thinking that you purchased babies when you went to the pediatric ward at the hospital - you know, when they have them all lined up in little see through incubators? And sometimes you would see the "shoppers" (parents) outside the glass as the nurse would lift one of the babies up to show them and they would smile and wave at it and then she would put it back in its little crib. I thought that was just salesmanship. And I distinctly remember my Mom telling me my brother was $7 more than me because he had to be circumsized. (I was about $35).
Ms.GB 4 years ago
I thought that parents picked out babies like cabbage patch kids also.
Load More Replies... Heidi Svenson 4 years ago
Kind of makes sense even now - I mean, if I were a little kid - yeah, it looks like Mommy's and Daddys are shopping through the window for the best one they want to get...then they slap the family name on the inubator and when it's well enough, you get to take it home. Kind of like adopting a dog or cat from a shelter!
Tim Haight 4 years ago
My kids were born in an Army hospital. The only thing we were charged for was my wife's per diem for the couple of meals she ate, something like $25,
Ms.GB 4 years ago
My mom and dad gave me a book, Where did I come from. My girlfriend and I would flip through it and laugh and she had a book about ancient Greece that had naked people in it. One day one of our friends wrote a note and stuck it in her bag, it said "Bring naked people book tomorrow." Her mom found it when I was over at her house and said "Ok girls no more naked people books!"
Samantha Cole 4 years ago
When my nephew was about 4 and I was pregnant he asked where babies came from I told him to ask his parents. Then he asked how they get out? And if my son was going to rip through my belly. I said no they don’t do that. Ended up having a c-section so that was fun to explain.
birdie 3 years ago
my neighbour has a daughter that is about 5 and she just had another baby, a boy. but anyway, after the mother got home from the hospital with the son, she explained child birth to the little girl. a few days later, i was baby sitting and she tells me “i’m never having a baby because it stretches out you BAGINA” i laughed very hard!
Computernaut 4 years ago
I did not care or think about where babies come from at all as a kid, which is odd because I'm normally very curious and like to theorize about stuff. Anyway, then when I was 10 my dad took me out and had "the talk". I was very taken aback and just sat there like "umm... okay...?". I learned about periods a little later, and other bits and pieces fell into place over then next few years.
Alpine of the IceWings 4 years ago
when i learned about it i thought that the mom had to eat a egg to get pregenant
a really ugly beet 4 years ago
When I was six I ended up asking my parents to have sex so I could have a little sister. I probably knew a bit much at a very young age so...
Abby Parker 3 years ago (edited)
When it was the end of the final year of Primary School, all the girls were invited, along with only female relatives, to a talk about periods. I don’t remember but afterwards, I asked my mum, “do you do that?” (Meaning have a period). She said yes and apparently I then paused to consider this and said rather seriously, “I don’t think I’ll bother.” My mum wouldn’t tell me why it was so funny xD
Barbara Baldwin 3 years ago
No one told me anything. At 14 I thought I was pregnant because a boy kissed me and left drool on my lips
Nicole ElyseAgain 3 years ago
My son got progressively more details on the matter (in response to his own questions) and when he was about 6 he wanted to know "Okay, but HOW does the sperm get to the egg?" I had no choice but to break the news, and his response was to say, "Ew...that's gross." before leaving the room to go play with his toys.
AlmightyOne 3 years ago
I learned at about 4 years of age. I identify as bisexual, but I know that I'm always gonna use things like condoms and birth control when I get old enough. Any kids will probably be adopted
JitkaBlitka 3 years ago
When I learned that babies come from mummy's belly through vagina, I checked everytime I was on the toilet, whether I dropped a baby down there. I was 3 or 4. When my mum found out, she explained that the baby must grow in the womb for some time before it gets out. I learned the "full story" including sex around 6 years and similarly to the stories above I was shocked and couldn't understand how people could do this voluntarily. My kids are 5 and 3 and know very well how do babies come to the world,they know what a period is and why it is, but they haven't asked how do babies get into the womb yet. I am kinda curious about their reaction.
Snake of Eden 4 years ago
As an Asexual myself (NOT aromantic), I can't watch or read anything sexual, but my mind is always ready to crack a "that's what she said" without question.
Jennie-Lind Normand 4 years ago
When I was in high school I used to babysit for a family, little girl was 2, I went away for my first year of college and during that time they added another little girl to the family. While I was home I would babysit for them as needed. One night I got the baby settled and was playing with the toddler and she begins to wail and hold her stomach. I thought she had a stomach ache so I'm asking questions to see where it hurts when she tells me 'I have a big baby growing in my uterus!'
Caroline Driver 4 years ago
I can't remember what age I was, but I do remember asking my mum where babies came from. She was a nurse. She drew diagrams and used the proper names and everything.
giovanna 4 years ago
My mom did the same, nurse as well. Has always called things by their name and been direct (age appropriate of course, meaning her answers changed according to our age while growing up). But i have always known what menstruation are, how children are born etc.
Load More Replies... Fidgets McGee 4 years ago (edited)
My mom did same (not a nurse) and we promptly shared our new found knowledge with the neighbourhood kids--mom got angry calls from the other moms for blowing their "stork brought the baby" cover lies... (Ealry 80s, Christian neighbourhood)
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Another nurse's kid here. Anatomy book. Color pictures. Medical terminology. By the time she was done (I was ten, I think?) I was ready to vow lifelong abstinence. And that's as a farm kid, and we generally aren't too "sheltered". Nurse-Moms pull no punches!
Jessica Shookhoff 4 years ago
That is the truth! Some might call it trauma, Nurse-Moms call it Birth Control!
Holly Allen 4 years ago (edited)
All of us nurses' kids can explain every single detail by the time we can talk 😂 I apparently passed this juicy info on to my friends complete with demonstrating with my Barbies. Mom got lots of phone calls 😂
Brielle 4 years ago
Yup my mom did the same. She’s a labor and delivery nurse.... wasn’t that fun of a time.
Jessica Shookhoff 4 years ago
Lol! YES, same!!! Family dinner time was... something, wasn't it? It seemed like once a week my mother was reminded of one of her less fortunate patients, and would describe it all in detail. Let's just say I avoided pea soup for quite a few years...
Memere 4 years ago
Yep, my mom was a nurse too. Plus we moved to a farm when I was 7 (I'm the oldest of 4 kids), so we learned the 'facts of life' pretty quickly! It's kinda fun to watch piglets being born, but cows - not so much!
Melanie Fitzpatrick 4 years ago
I was 7. My mom gave me her Nursing Obstetrics text book, complete with photos. She was studying for her RN degree.
HooowlAtTheMoon 4 years ago
When I learned about how babies were made (at age 6) I was silent for a moment, then I said "That sounds like it hurts. I'm never having a baby." and to this day I am asexual.
Luna 4 years ago
When I asked my daughter, just because I was curious as to what she might say, she thought for a moment then replied, "I think they pop out of Mommy's tummy then hatch out of eggs"😂🤣🤔
MRSS 4 years ago
OH MY FREAKING GOD, I LOVE YOUR DAUGHTER!! I choked on my coffee from laughing so hard by her comment. Then the actual visual of them popping out as eggs and hatching sent me into hysterical laughter to the point my ABS are killing me right now. This is brilliant
Load More Replies... Mother of Goblins 1 year ago
The visual only gets better when the egg looks like a pokemon egg.....
A 4 years ago
My 4 year old: "I know I used to live in your tummy, but how did I get out? It's not like there's a door"
Memere 4 years ago
That's how my son phrased it, he was 5 at the time. The mom of one of the other kids at daycare was pregnant & he knew the baby was growing inside the mom's tummy. What was bad was that he asked me while we were driving home in rush hour traffic! Boy, that made for a fun trip!
Load More Replies... Harleen 4 years ago
Our kindergarten teacher did a very basic overview. A little TOO basic. When she talked about females having eggs that come out every month, I was terrified. I thought I was going to start laying eggs like a chicken.
Tim Haight 4 years ago
Unfortunately I had parents who told you nothing about how that worked. Few states if any had any kind of sex education. Some places it was illegal to teach about it or veneral diseases. Air Force basic training was the first so called sex ed. I'm male. This class consisted of showing us (there were about 100 of us in the room) a film about mensturation, then passing around contraceptives (like an IUD, a rubber, diagrhram) while the instructor read word for word out of the basic training handbook.
Tim Haight 4 years ago
In basic they didn't, but when I was deployed over seas they passed out rubbers.
Heidi Svenson 4 years ago
I remember thinking that you purchased babies when you went to the pediatric ward at the hospital - you know, when they have them all lined up in little see through incubators? And sometimes you would see the "shoppers" (parents) outside the glass as the nurse would lift one of the babies up to show them and they would smile and wave at it and then she would put it back in its little crib. I thought that was just salesmanship. And I distinctly remember my Mom telling me my brother was $7 more than me because he had to be circumsized. (I was about $35).
Ms.GB 4 years ago
I thought that parents picked out babies like cabbage patch kids also.
Load More Replies... Heidi Svenson 4 years ago
Kind of makes sense even now - I mean, if I were a little kid - yeah, it looks like Mommy's and Daddys are shopping through the window for the best one they want to get...then they slap the family name on the inubator and when it's well enough, you get to take it home. Kind of like adopting a dog or cat from a shelter!
Tim Haight 4 years ago
My kids were born in an Army hospital. The only thing we were charged for was my wife's per diem for the couple of meals she ate, something like $25,
Ms.GB 4 years ago
My mom and dad gave me a book, Where did I come from. My girlfriend and I would flip through it and laugh and she had a book about ancient Greece that had naked people in it. One day one of our friends wrote a note and stuck it in her bag, it said "Bring naked people book tomorrow." Her mom found it when I was over at her house and said "Ok girls no more naked people books!"
Samantha Cole 4 years ago
When my nephew was about 4 and I was pregnant he asked where babies came from I told him to ask his parents. Then he asked how they get out? And if my son was going to rip through my belly. I said no they don’t do that. Ended up having a c-section so that was fun to explain.
birdie 3 years ago
my neighbour has a daughter that is about 5 and she just had another baby, a boy. but anyway, after the mother got home from the hospital with the son, she explained child birth to the little girl. a few days later, i was baby sitting and she tells me “i’m never having a baby because it stretches out you BAGINA” i laughed very hard!
Computernaut 4 years ago
I did not care or think about where babies come from at all as a kid, which is odd because I'm normally very curious and like to theorize about stuff. Anyway, then when I was 10 my dad took me out and had "the talk". I was very taken aback and just sat there like "umm... okay...?". I learned about periods a little later, and other bits and pieces fell into place over then next few years.
Alpine of the IceWings 4 years ago
when i learned about it i thought that the mom had to eat a egg to get pregenant
a really ugly beet 4 years ago
When I was six I ended up asking my parents to have sex so I could have a little sister. I probably knew a bit much at a very young age so...
Abby Parker 3 years ago (edited)
When it was the end of the final year of Primary School, all the girls were invited, along with only female relatives, to a talk about periods. I don’t remember but afterwards, I asked my mum, “do you do that?” (Meaning have a period). She said yes and apparently I then paused to consider this and said rather seriously, “I don’t think I’ll bother.” My mum wouldn’t tell me why it was so funny xD
Barbara Baldwin 3 years ago
No one told me anything. At 14 I thought I was pregnant because a boy kissed me and left drool on my lips
Nicole ElyseAgain 3 years ago
My son got progressively more details on the matter (in response to his own questions) and when he was about 6 he wanted to know "Okay, but HOW does the sperm get to the egg?" I had no choice but to break the news, and his response was to say, "Ew...that's gross." before leaving the room to go play with his toys.
AlmightyOne 3 years ago
I learned at about 4 years of age. I identify as bisexual, but I know that I'm always gonna use things like condoms and birth control when I get old enough. Any kids will probably be adopted
JitkaBlitka 3 years ago
When I learned that babies come from mummy's belly through vagina, I checked everytime I was on the toilet, whether I dropped a baby down there. I was 3 or 4. When my mum found out, she explained that the baby must grow in the womb for some time before it gets out. I learned the "full story" including sex around 6 years and similarly to the stories above I was shocked and couldn't understand how people could do this voluntarily. My kids are 5 and 3 and know very well how do babies come to the world,they know what a period is and why it is, but they haven't asked how do babies get into the womb yet. I am kinda curious about their reaction.
Snake of Eden 4 years ago
As an Asexual myself (NOT aromantic), I can't watch or read anything sexual, but my mind is always ready to crack a "that's what she said" without question.
Jennie-Lind Normand 4 years ago
When I was in high school I used to babysit for a family, little girl was 2, I went away for my first year of college and during that time they added another little girl to the family. While I was home I would babysit for them as needed. One night I got the baby settled and was playing with the toddler and she begins to wail and hold her stomach. I thought she had a stomach ache so I'm asking questions to see where it hurts when she tells me 'I have a big baby growing in my uterus!'
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