MSN LIFE STYLE
ACK! Our Kids Walked In On Us
It's happened to one in three REDBOOK readers: Your wide-eyed child is an accidental witness to some real live parent porn. Scarred for life? Nah.
By Lauren Bradshaw
It's not your children you necessarily need to worry about when they stumble upon you, naked in action. You're the one who's likely most traumatized! "Your kids will be fine," says Amy Levine, a certified sexuality educator in New York City. "In fact, it's healthy for children to know their parents are in love." So if the walk-in happens to you, just put on your big-girl pants (or any pants, really) and feel free to talk straight with your child: "Generally, all they need are basic answers in terms they can relate to," Levine says. "Some young children may be satisfied if you explain it by saying, 'Mommies and daddies show their love by kissing and lying close to each other.' Some older children may be ready for more details." But for now, just sit back, read and laugh: These women's stories will certainly make you feel better about your own coitus interruptus-es - or at the very least, remind you to lock your door tonight!
"We thought we got lucky one night when our two kids went to bed early, but 10 minutes later, while we were 'celebrating,' our 5-year-old daughter burst through the door, scared about an owl hooting outside her window. (For the record, it was an actual owl - not us.) My husband jumped up and ran to the bathroom in embarrassment, and I told her we were having a tickle fight. 'Why are you having a tickle fight without your jammies on?' she asked. I replied, 'Because it tickles more without our jammies!'" - DAWN CULLO, 38, RANCHO CORDOVA, CA
"My husband and I were on vacation in Palm Springs with our two sons, then 8 and 10. After a few glasses of wine one night, we popped the kids in front of a movie, shut the door to our adjoining room, and started fooling around. The sex was so good - vacation sex always is - and we were really going for it. Well, apparently, my younger son walked in - we didn't notice - and then ran back to tell his brother, who came in next to check it out. It must have been a pretty shocking scene: It was hot, so we were outside of the covers, fully exposed. I got dressed and walked into their room, where they were giggling and pretending to watch TV. Finally, my older son said, 'I'll never get that image out of my head.' I was so mortified! I told them that I knew we were all embarrassed, and after a few minutes we were able to laugh it off. Now our boys are 20 and 22 years old, and they tease us about it to this day. I jokingly tell them, 'Well, at least you saw your mom and dad at our best!'" - LORI BERGER, 49, LOS ANGELES
Comments Made By The Readers Of This News Article
Parents, invest in door locks for yourselves and earplugs/muffs for the children.
Wasn't that just "Sooooo sweet!" Kid walks in on sex between momma and daddy and is told that it was a tickle party. The best advice is to be aware of what's happening around you and especially where the kids are. I'm 70, was married for 36 years before the wife died and we had four kids. Paint me sexually uptight but I think certain very personal things ought to be handled with a high level of class.
So far I've been lucky when they're in bed that's usually it , Thank GOD they sleep all night .
When I was in elementary school one of my friends told me that he was witness to the conception of his little brother!
