“A child comes home and asks his mother – “Mom, what does ‘virgin’ mean? – Mom gets a little excited and starts explaining about the hymen, about defloration, etc. with carefully chosen words. The child listens and asks again – “Then what does “extra virgin” mean?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In order not to fall into similar situations, it is better to answer the question with the question “Why are you asking?”. \u2013 The child has seen the label on the bottle of olive oil, and we are not talking about defloration right now, but it is a red light to be ready to say what the hymen is. This cute joke is a very good illustration for the ability to talk to your child about sexual health, says Dr. Radosveta Stamenkova, executive director of Bulgarian Family Planning and Sexual Health Association, and adds – Children often ask provocative questions that they know the answers to see if the parents will lie to them. That’s how they “test” them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n