SharkEatingBreakfastFeb 23, 2025

HELP! How do I help educate my son about his body when I know nothing about boys??

https://sopuli.xyz/post/23009519

HELP! How do I help educate my son about his body when I know nothing about boys? - Sopuli

To start: no, there are no “trusted male figures” in our lives. My brothers & father are all conservative, and I DO NOT trust them to properly explain things without shame and/or religious context. My son knows the basics of reproduction, but I’ve never really explained what’s “normal” things for a teenage boy to go through… mainly because I don’t know! I’ve definitely put it off, so he’s almost 14 and is much more physically mature than most of his peers (he’s got hair in places, shaves his face regularly, etc.)… but I’m embarrassed to admit that I know next to nothing about anything else… Could y’all help me out? What did you go through that he should know about? What should I know about? Many thanks to anyone who can help. Please don’t be unkind. Much appreciated.

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Plenty of good advice in this thread.

I’m gonna shout out the boy version of the book “what’s happening to my body?”

www.amazon.com/…/1557047650

It was super helpful to me in puberty, even with trusted male figures. It’s written from a non-judgemental, information focused space. It also let’s him has some way of privately seeking knowledge that isn’t just whatever he finds on the internet

Amazon.com

Feb 23, 2025 at 3:48pmWeb
Show threadClentFeb 24, 2025

I agreed. There is more to raising a son than discussing masturbation.

Being a women is not an excuse for not being able to research these topics around male adolescence.

There are tons of materials and without more information it is not possible to know what the knowledge gaps are and op needs to start reading to find theirs.