Sara McGinnis
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A viral video you've likely already seen recently led to Jenny McCarthy having to fully open up to her 11-year-old son about sex.
"He watched that recent video of that dad driving his wife to the hospital who was going to have a baby … She’s screaming bloody murder and he was like, 'What’s going on? What’s going on?' And I’m like, 'This woman is having a baby.' And he was so tortured by it that I had to sit down and give him the birds and the bees talk,” the controversial television personality explained to Us Weekly.
"I kind of knew it was time because I accidentally told him … that sex was like feet rubs," the woman engaged to marry Donnie Wahlberg went on to say about her and Evan's previous brief discussions of sex. "And I looked on his iPad and there were 2,000 pics of foot rubs and I’m like, 'Oh my god, he’s going to have a foot fetish for the rest of his life!' So I just sat down and had the real heart-to-heart talk with him."
Things didn't go particularly easy even the second time around. The 41 year old said with a laugh "it was difficult … but being the kind of single mom I've been, I've had to wear two hats and I'm proud to say that Evan will never be having sex for the rest of his life after my conversation.
"I talked about kind of the physical part. I'm like, 'You know how you're talking about things happening?' I'm like, 'This is what your body is going to want to do and it's normal but your body can't yet because you're too young,' and he was horrified -- which is exactly what I wanted him to be but I can’t even imagine."
Over on Us Weekly's post, I was surprised to see a number of people commenting 11 was so young to be having the sex talk. I picked up a book about boy bodies from the library for my eldest, who is now 9, about a year ago. Some of the material I thought was a little intense for him, but a lot of it I felt he was ready for. To me, 11 doesn't seem too young at all.
I suppose my reasoning was that I'd rather have him get his information from a me, or at least a source I picked out, then to be one of the last kids who found out about how bodies work and possibly be picking up bad info. Also, my boy showed some interest -- his little brother, however, doesn't want anything to do with the topic in the least. He might end up being over 11 by the time he's willing to her about "inappropriate" matters.
What age do think is too young to accurately start explaining sex to kids?
Photo: REX USA/MediaPunch Inc
Jenny McCarthy is just one of many celebrity moms who've embraced their sexy side and posed nude for Playboy. Take a look:
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