Every responsible parent ought to respond to the above question. Most often, many parents especially the unlearned ones think that talking to kids about sex is evil.  For some parents, the subject must never be mentioned at home. This has always resulted in greater harm than good especially as the children begin to mature into the teenage stages of their lives. Children who are not exposed to issues about sex are always very curious to know what is actually hidden around the waist of the opposite sex. In most cases, they end  making grievous mistakes. Many teenage girls have ended  in early pregnancy because of lack of knowledge about sexual matters.  Young boys to end up becoming Casanovas as a result of their lack of knowledge about sex.  Thus, every parent ought to discuss issues regarding sex with the children at certain stages while they are growing up. Listed and discussed below are some tips that can help you to talk to your child about sex.

• Start the Sex  Talk  Early Enough
  It’s wise to begin talking to your child about sex very early as he or she grows. It’s usually better to start once the puberty stage begins to dawn on the child.  If you have a female child, it’s important you discus issues concerning menstrual cycle and other sexual matters prior before she has the first experience. Many female children have been embarrassed at the first sight of blood coming out from their pubic region.  So, it’s very important to begin talking about sex while the child comes up to the age of puberty. This will help him or her to know the reasons for the changes he or she is noticing around his or her pubic region.
   
• Find a Suitable Moment
  There’s always time for everything. You don’t begin to discuss issues about sex with your child without finding a suitable time for it. You don’t need to wait at the child to prompt you by asking salient questions. It’s your responsibility as a parent to create the right moment for the talk. It’s often better to talk about sex at cool evening or night hours when the child’s brain is more relaxed.  Just create an open atmosphere and let the child knows what he or she   ought to know about the game of sex.
   
• Initiate the Sex Talk Stage by Stage
  It’s not wise to unleash everything about sex in one talk. You have to watch the age of the child and the development going on in his or her life. From time to time, you have to organize special sex talks that will fit into the age of the child.  There are certain issues about sex which you’ll not discuss with a child of 13 but you can discuss that with a child of 16.   So, you need to be a responsible parent. Watch the child as he or she grows and do organize special sex talks according to the various stages of the child’s development.
   
• Be Practical at Some stages
  It’s very important to be practical in sex talk as the child matures.  Oftentimes, when kids mature into their late teenage stages, they tend to be more curious about sexual issues. This is not the time to hide sexual matters from them. Any attempt to do so will make the kids to go elsewhere to learn that.  You have to find time to show your child practical things about sex. If you have a female child as a mother, take her to a private room and show her practical things about sex. The same applies to the male child. Let them know how sex operates. Let them know what it means to be pregnant and how it happens. Let them know the consequences of engaging in premarital sex.  This will lessens their curiosity about sex and make them to be more responsible and mature as they come up.
   
• Be Very Honest as You Discuss Sex with the Child
  When you discuss sex with your child; try as much as you can to be very honest with him or her.  Let the child knows the right thing about sex.  Oftentimes, the child is likely to ask some vital questions. Make sure you respond to the questions in a most honest way. This helps the child to be very balanced in as he or she grows up.