What to Do If Your Child Catches You in "the Act"

If you child walks in on you having sex, or jumps out from under the bed to surprise you, do not overreact. Stay calm. Send them out of the room stating something like "mommy and daddy need a little alone time now". Once you have gotten yourself together, go and talk to them about what they saw. Try first to find out what what registered in their brain about this event, before going into great detail about the birds and the bees. A simple explaination about that is the way mommys and daddys show that they love each other may be enough of an explaination. This may be a good time to include a discussion about the importance of respecting other people in the house by knocking on a closed door and waiting for a response before entering.