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higherone;718053 said:I never took it to mean SHOW him how to do it. I merely meant bringing it up. Like acromegaly said, it doesn't have to be sexual in nature, just like explaining to your son about puberty doesn't have to be sexually explicit/creepy. That's more along the lines that I was thinking. I was thinking more along the lines of you find out your son is sexually active and/or checking out �naked people movies�/masturbating, etc. and should you bring it up, do you bring it up, and if so, how do you bring it up in a way that makes it as normal and natural as possible. Some guys will say hell no I'm not comfortable doing that, some will not have a problem with it, and some will muddle through it. Kind of like some guys will give their sons condoms and talk about being responsible, some will ignore it, and some will leave some on his nightstand and never talk about it. It was meant for discussion, not judgement.
I'm not certain one can lob-out a potentially incendiary topic such as this without it be subject to judgment. I don't know you on a personal level, but I can ascertain from your posts that there's nothing creepy/predatory about you...as a matter of fact, I align with the majority of your thoughts. (that's the main reason I didn't chime-in earlier and thought this thread had run its course).
My thought was that you had already put together the 'basics' of an answer in the event that your son ever was curious and came to you with honest questions. The way the question reads is rather ambivalent and I, for one, interpreted the words quite differently...hence my earlier post.
Bottom line, he's not my son, I've never walked in your shoes, and I applaud your ability to create an open-enough dialogue with him that this could potentially be raised. (personally, I would never ask my parents about anything along these lines, but on the other hand I wish I knew about PE at a younger age).