My five year old asked me what rape was yesterday and I said ask you mom, what would you have said?
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Thats a hard one! I dont think I would have thrown it other to the misses though, I would have probably told him not to worry about it just yet and tried to distract his attention away from it somehow.
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I would have said "It's when somebody has sex with another person that doesn't want to, where did you hear the word?"
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I probably would have said that it is something bad that people do to hurt someone else when they don't want them to, and if anyone ever says that word to you, you should let me know.
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I would have said "You're too young to know now, but maybe when you're older you can find out."
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I would not even try to explain to a 5 year old what rape is..that would give them nightmares. I would change the subject and say how about I read you a book or lets go for a walk.. with kids attention span they would quickly forget the question and would rather play.
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It has to be said in a way that the child can cognitively understand. "Rape is when someone touches your peepee or boobies (if it's a girl) when they are not supposed to". So if someone touches you there you tell me right away". The child needs to understand appropriate touch like when mommy is bathing her.
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my question is what made your 5 year old ask that? but i would tell him that a bad man hurts a woman and that its wrong to do
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It's when somebody hurts another person between the legs.
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It's when someone touches you in the no no parts when you didn't want it (then clarify only the doctor should touch there) etc.
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i would of said Where did you hear that from? sort that problem out then answer the question with role playing with their toys
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I'd say, "here, take a look at these interest charges."
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First I would ask why he wants to know and where he heard the word. Usually, that would give me some sort of insight into how much of an answer he would really need. For instance, my 3 year old asked where babies came from. I asked her why? She said "Because Kara said her mom got hers from the hospital and I thought that was for sick people." Obviously, she didn't need a full blown course on sexual education at that point she just wanted to know if she had her facts right. I've found that very little children are happy with little child answers.
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