Heh! I guess kids are learning about things faster than we were when we were kids.

It either means that the next generation is becoming a lot smarter, or that the "tried and true" filters from societies..er..answers are not as effective.

This brings up an interesting discussion that i think about sometimes. My wife told me when she went away to high school, there were girls there who did not know where babies come from. They had absolutely no idea how the "process" happened, and didn't even know it involved men.

How can people raise their kids this way? Getting married must be a traumatic experience for them.
It should be good for you to know your kids are one up on some chareidi high school girls.

It should be noted, that i dont believe all details need to be taught either. i do firmly believe that ignoring the subject, and raising ignorant children is straight incorrect and possibly setting them up for a dangerous psychological experience.

These books are there as a comfort to kids in these situations. and also for the kids who know the children in the situations.

for example, would I generally teach my children about what happens in divorce situations? no,because thank God I am happily married, but my daughter has a friend whose parents are divorced and the subject had to be addressed.

Just wrote a post on this http://dreamsofwho.blogspot.com/2007/10/yes-chaim-there-is-no-tooth-fairy.html

Is the book -- by any chance -- written by someone named Beckerman?
Her books have way to many stories of charedi kids without fathers. Methinks that the writer is either divorced or widowed.

don't remember. I will check

anon - I checked and the book is by beckerman. good call!