I think the article author might have been slightly exaggerating
   the ignorance of other parents and teachers and
   over-exaggerating her parental wisdom and the masses being
   amazed or stunned for effect - but that's what makes a good
   story to tell. Or it could be just as she said. Hm, if I was in
   your shoes and I was concerned about it, I'd probably watch as
   many youtube video and read as many articles I could about the
   "how to talk to kids about this stuff" until I found something
   that seemed doable. Probably a combination of methods but
   considering that many many parents and caregivers have done what
   you're planning to do, there's a whole menu full of methods
   available. My mother just threw a set of 4 books on sex ed when
   I was 10-11 and I supplemented my curiousities as they came up
   at the library. [I went through large parts of the Kinsey Study
   when I was 13... absolutely astounded and relieved at JUST how
   much he considered normal for humans... then surprised later on
   to see that his viewpoints were NOT in fact the predominant view
   of society.... ... so suddenly I was "too ahead of my time" in
   outlook. Anyway, that's how I'd proceed: Get advice from all
   angles, from uber liberal to uber squeamish and everything
   inbetween. You'll find something that makes you go, "Ok, yes, I
   can do that".   == This book here - still recognize the cover.
   It was a reference book so I couldn't take it out, but I
   secretly took the book to a quiet cubicle and went through it,
   hiding the cover as I walked to it. Every day after school, I'd
   be in that book, trying to decipher the charts and descriptions
   of things he was talking about. Two weeks straight. Couldn't put
   it down or wait to hear what was next in it. This is also the
   same time I was obssessively reading Guiness book of world
   records facts and going through the encyclopedia set at home. I
   NEED the Internet as a kid but it didn't exist yet. tongue
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   https://books.google.com/books?id=pfMKrY3VvigC&lpg=PP1&dq=kinsey%20study%20book&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=kinsey%20study%20book&f=false