💕HOW we address “BIRDS & BEES!”💕Christian Mom perspective!!

[@L--C]

I’ve also started young answering questions matter of factly. My young daughters see my period happening and I tell them what is going on. My boys knew early where babies come out of. They know all the anatomy. We talk openly about pornography and how damaging it is. We talk about body safety and tricky people. Etc etc. It’s so important just to have the conversations even if it feels awkward at first!

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

I also feel like it’s important to answer the questions as truthfully as appropriate to let the kids know that you will always be truthful, making it safe to come to us.

[@amandapatterson9182]

This is one of the hardest subjects to discuss so thank you for this wonderful guidance and resources. I was not brought up in church or received any guidance. I only found the lord and was saved in my 30s and have been learning right there with my kiddos. Enjoy this last week of Feb! Spring is right around the corner!

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You’re welcome! On this subject, many of us are learning new things! Yah for spring!

[@GinaRLacy]

Yesssssss! Thank you for doing this video for me! I feel so seen right now lol

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

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[@TheDovesNest]

You are such a neat mom. Your kids are very lucky. Thanks for sharing you wisdom with a mom of Little's. We've had talks since my kids were old enough to notice body differences. They know A LOT for their age, but not all. This was really helpful

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

Thank you so much!! That’s wonderful your kids have asked a lot of questions! Are they satisfied if you have to say, “you’ll know more later?” 😜 I have had to tell my kids at times, “Just enjoy your childhood! I’ll tell you more when the time is right!” (Sometimes that’s not necessarily about puberty, etc but just knowing real life issues going on with people) BUT…back to this.. I was just thinking the other day how comfortable my daughter is even with talking about some things in the presence of my husband. I would never been MORTIFIED to speak of any of this in front of my dad. So then knowing a lot (through their question asking and us answering) and being homeschooled has created an environment where our children are totally open with us. I think it’s an amazing opportunity!

[@murdige]

This is such a helpful video. My kids are even younger than yours but I’ll definitely follow your path of wisdom. I also think it’s so important to talk with girls & track their ovulation cycle as they are getting older and possibly into the age where they become interested in boys, as it can be extremely difficult to make good choices during ovulation.

[@freedomthrufaith]

I seriously appreciate you! First time on your page and this is beautiful ❤

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

Thank you! I’m glad you found me! 💕

[@llrac]

I cannot Thank You enough for doing this video! I rarely ever comment on videos yet felt compelled to do so with yours. The fact that you are bravely putting this out there with such conviction is so refreshing and inspiring to say the least! I love the sincere intention behind your thought process & your desire to truly help and serve in sharing God's design and desire for us. I have been searching and searching for biblical ways to approach this very delicate and challenging topic with my children and feel so incredibly blessed to have stumbled across your channel. (I first found you regarding your input on CC for challenge (thank you for that video too, as I was struggling with things I could not quite place my finger on and you help me narrow that down into words)). I have found TGATB Maturation that I plan to implement but I SO appreciate your input on the supplemental books and the sermons are an added bonus. Most importantly, your encouragement and approach are exactly what my heart needed to hear. "Liked" and subscribed- I look fwd to more, thank you and God Bless you and your family! 🌻~Amy

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

Wow! What a humbling encouragement! Thank you so much for your thoughtful words and I’m so glad I can be a blessing! Thank you for taking the time to comment! 😉

[@MichelleL83]

I'm so thankful to have found your channel a couple of weeks ago! I value and sympathize with your biblical stance and courage in boldly sharing it! I haven't heard of a lot of these resources, so thank you for sharing them. We have 14 & 12 y.o. daughters and a son who is almost 10. I think we started the talks a little late, probably because neither my husband or myself had conversations like these with our parents. I was not raised up in the Bible, so I have plenty to be afraid of my kids asking me, but I'm learning to walk forward in faith and do the right thing for my kids sake. Have you done a video on how you approach smart phones or video games with your kids? I'm really blessed by your insight and experience, so thank you!!

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

It’s never too late that Gods grace can’t cover you! I think I was raised like you. We just didn’t talk a lot about this stuff so it was uncomfortable for me, the child, to bring it up. But now you get to be the parent and change it. 😉 I haven’t done a video on smart phones, etc. and I may not bc I don’t have any clear path on this one. It’s so hard to navigate bc this online works is very different than what we grew up with. My 15 yr old does not have his own device. He has a gizmo watch (I showed it in the video for teen gift ideas) the watch only allows calls and texts for a select group. But it’s how my husband and me can keep in touch with him if he’s away from us without giving him full access to a phone. We does have access to his computer and we monitor that closely. There are many software programs you can put on the computer to monitor that but we don’t have one. I want one though. In this area, I pray a lot. There are so many forces against us, it feels hopeless to fight then. But that’s if I were fighting alone and I know we have an advocate that in Jesus who cannot be defeated in any battle he’s engaged in. So I pray frequently for my children protection.

[@freedomthrufaith]

Please do more videos on this topic and Christian parenting I just bought the princess kiss book! Thank you ❤

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

I have two playlists with encouraging content from a Christian perspective. A couple videos may be in both playlists. But the playlists are called “teaching your kids biblical discernment” and also “Homeschooling is hard!” There are many videos in those lists with Biblical encouragement. I love doing videos like this, but of course, I wait for inspiration! 😉 I’m sure you’ll see more! 😉

[@jdixon4369]

We are totally on the same page. Good job. This hasn't always been a constant conversation, but it is something we address when it comes up. I like the idea of having more intentional conversations during shows/ movies/ books, etc. Thank you for the video.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You’re welcome!! I went for a long walk with my 12 year old the other day….just her and me….and the conversation naturally went to some of these topics. When you plan for the 1x1, the opportunity sometimes presents itself!

[@jdixon4369]

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan I didn't catch the ne of the conference.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

@@jdixon4369 it’s a local thing. It’s not a National brand or anything. I don’t want to name it for privacy reasons.

[@nancyjohnson6557]

I love the book Before You Meet Prince Charming. I read it when I was a teenager and I need to get it for my kids to read because it is just AMAZING!

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

How old were you when you read it? Middle school or high school?

[@nancyjohnson6557]

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan I was 15 or 16. My sister, two years younger than me, was reading it aloud to my sisters who are eight years younger than me and I was hearing bits and pieces of it, but I felt like I really needed to read it myself because it was so good.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

@@nancyjohnson6557 ❤️❤️❤️thank you for sharing! I was thinking of giving it to my teen (13) when we do passport 2 purity. 😉

[@natalierosepokes]

Amen! Pray for my daughter, she is so confused right now! Thank you for this video

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You’re welcome! Satan is the author of confusion. God can certainly bring clarity!

[@lydiahubbard7511]

Thank you for making this video. This talk is happening soon for us. I've been so worried and praying for guidance

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You’re welcome!! 🙏

[@Homeschooling_with_the_Riveras]

Thank you so very much for this post! I can’t wait to go through these resources with my husband. 🤗

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

We are reading Voddie’s book “what he must be to marry my daughter” now, and I can’t recommend it enough!!!

[@Homeschooling_with_the_Riveras]

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan I’ll have to look into that. Just started watching some of the sermons you linked. Looking forward to coming up with a more solid “plan” in this area with my hubby. We’ve talked before about it but didn’t have this additional wisdom to guide our decisions. So glad you posted this and we heard it while we’re still in the beginning of our parenting journey 🤗

[@jessicafrank182]

Loved this! Thank you for all of the great resources!

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You’re very welcome!!!

[@faithfullyinfertile]

I’m 5 mins in and your views are identical to mine. I’ll be back later 🥰 but THANK YOU for putting this out there. Such an important topic.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You’re welcome!

[@faithfullyinfertile]

Finally got to watch this. Fantastic!! Thank you for the resources. And thank you for what you said about redemption. My husband has an amazing testimony of how God delivered him. This is a subject we are very intentional about with our children so they hopefully don’t have to walk the road their daddy did. Excellent video. Thank you.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

@@faithfullyinfertile thank you for that encouragement! I actually had a bit of anxiety about putting this video out there bc it can be a polarizing topic even among some Christians. It’s never too late for redemption! 😉

[@faithfullyinfertile]

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan It is absolutely a polarizing topic, BUT we NEED to talk to our children about all of this! Like you said, if WE don't the world most certainly will. We start very early with our kids talking about things at an age-appropriate level & then going from there. I hate that this is such a taboo subject for so many parents/families. It's only "weird" because we are making it weird. This is a God ordained, God created process that should be celebrated! I am buying that Princess book for my girls.

[@faithfullyinfertile]

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan Is the Before you meet prince charming study guide something I would want each child to have a copy of? Is it a "workbook" style?

[@nicolem.837]

Currently in the middle of our school day here, but can't wait to watch this in a few hours. I love all of your videos. My daughter is 10 so this is so close for us...yikes!

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

It’s surreal!!! Time needs to slow down!

[@heidi6544]

We left a big evangelical church because the youth group had many teens dating. Teens would snuggle during youth group gatherings and sneak in corners of the church kissing. When I brought it up I had many “Christian” parents shrug their shoulders and say oh its just snuggling. We left and now go to a traditional biblically based church;)

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

Oh boy!! That would be a while church issue brought up from the pulpit if that were to happen in our church. Yikes.

[@chdao]

I like your approach. Being open to questions with conservative advice seems like a balanced and safe approach to me.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

Thank you!

[@kevinjodigarrett1842]

I would love to know more about the event you referenced. I think that we do have Doctors and nurses in our area that would be interested in doing something like this. Is there some contact information where I could gather resources to present? Also, thank you for doing this video. You did a fantastic job.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

I think I showed a pamphlet in the video you could get some screenshots of that have more resources on it. I don’t have that pamphlet anymore and it’s not online. The doctor/nurse (male dr for the guys, female nurse for the girls) just basically explain the biology in an age appropriate way but they do use drawn images. And then somebody else discussed the Biblical aspect of purity. I think a church leader. And that type of thing is in the resources I think the pamphlet has on it. I know passport to purity is one.

[@kevinjodigarrett1842]

Thank you!@@OurHOMEschoolPlan

[@GinaRLacy]

The family is 100% under attack right now. We’ve been diving into the roles of male and females by Gods design. There’s been a breakdown in that too.

[@Libra10guti]

Thank you so much for this! ❤️

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You’re welcome!! 💕

[@chdao]

I hit puberty during the summer between 9th -10th grade. My parents taught me about sex and where babies come from when I was 4. Public school taught sex ed when I was in 9th grade. Public school separated us in to gendered groups, too. All this was done in Health Class, but it was more about scaring us than encouraging purity.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

Scaring….that’s very true. But since public schools can’t teach about God, there’s no leg to stand on about purity. At that point, it would just be opinion. That’s where it ends up when you take God out of the equation which honestly, is why so many now embrace the idea that marriage “is just a piece of paper” so why do we need it? Because they’ve taken God out. They don’t even understand the purpose for marriage. And really, they don’t truly understand love. Which is also why the divorce rate continues to increase. The love of Marriage Isn’t based on emotions or even attraction. They may be a part of it. But the highest form of love is Agape, which is self-sacrificing and it comes from God. Which is where the Ecclesiastical verses come in…..a three cord strand is not easily broken because that third cord is God interweaved through the man, the woman, and the marriage. I digressed a bit….but there’s so much the world doesn’t even understand about love and marriage.

[@chosen1316]

Thank you for the content that you share.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You’re welcome! 😉

[@MitchellsonaMission]

I can't love this video enough!

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

🥰🥰🥰thank you so much!

[@GinaRLacy]

I was also not raised this way at all! My dad literally told me to kiss hundreds of men before I get married…clearly, I was not raised in a Christian home. Voddie is AWESOME!!!

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

Yes! I’ve learned so much from Voddie!

[@RachelTerry]

this was wonderful thank you!!

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You’re welcome!

[@SisterCarolee]

Awesome video! You nailed it...💯

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

Thank you!! ☺️

[@samanthagraveswalters8443]

For the Gospel (Costi Hinn) has a series on dating / courtship from biblical perspective. It’s so Helpful and TGTB has a unit for this too. It’s awesome

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

I’ll have to look up Costi’s.Have you done TGTB science unit?

[@samanthagraveswalters8443]

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan yes I do the maturation with my son. I used it as a guide. It’s scientific and biblical.

[@user-bn7dg2km2d]

This was excellent. Thank you. :)

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You’re welcome!

[@holywarriorforthekingdom613]

My 11 year old daughter watched me come out of a very wicked, sinful lifestyle. She understands what the wages of sin are and what Jesus did for us. That helped so much when we had tha talk. She is on tha narrow path and I am so thankful.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

Hallelujah for the victory you’ve had! And I always tell my kids, I’m so thankful for being an outsider and watching the consequences of sin work itself out in others’ lives….and that God gave me the wisdom to learn from THEM, so that I didn’t have to go through the same things. ❤️❤️❤️

[@jennifersedo8241]

Thank you for sharing. I have a 6.5 year old daughter and we've been talking to her about these things since she could talk...and we talk about many "controversial" topics that our culture has as well and we always point to what the Bible says. I appreciate this video. I like the idea of the seminar... would it be possible to have a copy of the brochure?? I can do my own research.... but having a copy would be an easier start. I am going to consider setting up something like that for my daughter when she gets a little older.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

I’m not sure how I’d share the brochure. I can attach things in a description. I showed most of it all n the video though if you can pause it at those points?

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You’re welcome also!! We’ve also been reading the Voddie book I mentioned….and now I can confidently say, “I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!” He emphasized that this topic is relational between parents and child. It’s an agreement….so I do think this book is a great starting point for thinking through these things BEFORE your child gets there. Voddie emphasizes that also. It’s starts now. 😉

[@lisaballetto1715]

Great video, thank you!

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You’re welcome!

[@mommyof3smarties]

This was great!

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

Thank you!

[@cobanancy28]

I love your ideas it awesome that the church gets involved. I have a question what do you do when children have parents that are not involved for example single parent home? Thank you.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

I’m not sure I understand your question. Can you clarify for me? We have one single parent family in our church. A mom with a son. But I’m not quite sure what you’re asking about.

[@AnchoredinPeace]

🔥🔥🔥

[@ruthmarielewis899]

Thank you so much for this video!!! My girls are 7 and 9 and I am going to look into some of the resources you mentioned! Especially looking forward to some of those sermons! Our son is 14 and this is the first year homeschooling him. I have used some resources with him, but am wondering what I should choose for he and my husband to do between the Passport to Purity or the Passport to Identity from Family life. Do you know enough to recommend one over the other?

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

I don’t know enough!! I’m sorry. But I’ve heard great things about the passport to purity. You’re so welcome!! I’m glad to be a help!

[@Libra10guti]

Amen👏🏼👏🏼 Thanks! 😊

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You’re welcome!

[@FLMegan]

We already did this and I'm pretty horrified to watch this because our talk was in not a book method and went in a direction I never saw coming. I did prepare lol- ohhh it was something Ill never forget. Ok here goes nothing... Ok so I did it all wrong, I was cart then horse my whole life, do and ask later- but I had zero guidance SO I am doing everything and more to make sure they know their worth and value, having mom and dad in their life loving them... the talk has settled and all is calm (they were horrified lol) and well we are not discussing purity and kisses yet. I get the boundaries so far away that you are safer than sorry but I need to find where I sit with all that and what I teach. Also knowing that those I saw taught this approach had it backfire dramatically in the spirit of rebelling. I think their is a balance and a understanding. Thinking through carefully is likely going to be my approach.... Whew. Kids! Going to pray on it.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

Not a book method??? I’m not sure I know what you mean. You’re horrified bc of the questions you got, I’m assuming? I have a very curious middle child and when we started getting into “details” of things, I just went with the questions. My eyes did get big. But I figure, I’d much rather her head the truth from me than explore her curiosity elsewhere. So I’ve always been very open about whatever my kids ask. (I give the least amount of info as necessary, but if they keep asking for more detail, I’ll keep answering. 😁)

[@FLMegan]

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan I have been way open too but they never put any of the answers together so it was a shocker on the day of our talk. I meant book method because they have all these books that you can read that explain everything for you. I guess like your doctors but in a book-read together method. Looking back, maybe we should have but I think they would have had the same reaction. They have had 101 questions since and all are answered but that day is etched in my head for forever. I wish they stayed little forever.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

@@FLMegan I agree!!! I miss my little itty bitty snuggly babies!!! ❤️💕❤️

[@jenna65]

Great video!!

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

Thank you!

[@holywarriorforthekingdom613]

PS: please do a video tutorial of how you did your hair in this vid. LOL

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

Lol!! That’s so funny! It’s literally a messy bun that takes less than 30 seconds to do. My family is probably tired of this “updo!” 😂

[@holywarriorforthekingdom613]

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan

[@anschenstrydom1114]

Thank you

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You’re welcome! 😉

[@gracekelehar4014]

My kids were 5th and 7th...I ordered the good and the beautiful unit for sex ed. The rest, I decided to take as it comes.

[@JenniferGarcia-qr3ur]

Mic drop! Thanks!

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

That’s an awesome compliment!!! Thank you so much! 🥰

[@Patrick-yi7un]

I feel sorry for your kids. They miss so many experiences for their future. Because you try to keep them in your cult and shield them from the external world. You are afraid and let kids suffer for it 😢

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

😂😂😂