Questions Children (and Parents) Ask Us

Female Fertility | Male Fertility | Puberty | Behavioral | Pregnancy

What kinds of questions are 7 th and 8 th graders asking Family Honor about chastity, sexuality, getting along with the opposite sex, etc.?  What do parents want to know about these topics and others? 

We thought you might like a glimpse of what our Family Honor teachers face on a regular basis.  After reading the information below, you'll see why we provide professional training to prepare our teachers!

During the Fertility Appreciation part of our Real Love & Real Life four-session program for parents with their 7 th or 8 th grade son or daughter, we separate the group into two separate rooms, with moms, girls and Family Honor female teachers in one room and dads, boys and Family Honor male teachers in another room. 

Using age-appropriate language, and always respecting participants' modesty, we present information on fertility appreciation, the ability to give life, and God's gift of sexuality.  As part of this session, the young people and their parents are asked to write down a question -- anonymously -- that they would like our teachers to answer during this segment.

As you might imagine, we've answered a LOT of questions from both adolescents and their parents over the last 15 years!  What follows is a very brief sampling from our archives:

Female Fertility
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• Why do women have weird feelings or cravings before the menstrual cycle?

• How can I figure out when I have ovulation?

• Why does a woman have a cycle?

• Is it possible to have two ovulations in one month?

• What is a PAP test?

• What is the significance of mucus for fertilization?

• Is a female ever allergic to sperm?

Male Fertility
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• How does the sperm know where to go?

• Do boys have a period like girls do?

• How long does it take the sperm to get to the egg?

• What affects sperm reproduction in the aging process?

Puberty
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• How come I'm the oldest one in my class and not as mature as the others?

• Do emotions change with hormones?

• Do you have eggs before you are 15 years old?

• Why are girls so moody?

• When do you have your growth spurt?

• I have not started developing yet.  Is there something wrong?

• Why do girls go through puberty before boys?

Behavioral
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• What do I do if boys are bothering me?

• What do you think about dating and how old girls and boys should be to double (or group) and single date?

• How do you explain the difference between sex and love?

• What do you tell your teen age daughter when she asks ‘What's so bad about sex?'

• How do you take pressure from boys?

• Why are people so obsessed with sex on T.V. and in the movies?

• Why is sexuality a “gift” ?

• Why are boys like they are?  Why do boys act funny around girls?

• Do mothers and girls have their down days on the same days?  What can you do about this?

• Is a boy's sex drive made stronger by the way a girl dresses?

• Do boys have mood swings?

• How unnatural is it for a boy to control his sex drive?

• How can we, as men, be more understanding of a woman's feelings?

• When I've got a question about boys or sex, should I ask my mom or my teacher?  I think my teacher knows more.

• What do you do if a boy asks you if you have your period?

• Why are boys like they are?  Why do boys act funny around girls?

• How does a girl say no gracefully?

Pregnancy
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• If a woman has all the eggs she will ever have, please explain where they are and how they are preserved.

• Please tell how twins are formed?  Or triplets?  Fraternal?  Identical?

• What happens with a miscarriage?

• How does a baby in a woman's womb receive nourishment?

• How long does it take a woman to realize that a baby is in her body?

• You mentioned placenta.  What is it?  What does it do?

• Can a 97 year old man reproduce with a young lady?

• At what stage does the baby move to the uterus?

• Can you get pregnant by kissing?

• What should we say to our health teacher who told us life begins about three months after fertilization?  We think he thinks abortion is o.k.