Originally Posted by Claire64

I think that at 8, she doesn't need all the details. I recently had a talk with my 9 year old and told him that the woman has the egg, the man has the sperm and when they get married and want a baby, the man gives his sperm to the woman.

That's enough for him for now, I don't think we told the older boys the "whole story" until they were about 11.