I do admit, my kid has, at prior Arisias, gone into certain dealer's rooms which... Well, I think she was three or four when she had to be talked out of a little key-chain sized "pen-chain" flogger as a toy. (She really liked the sensation of running those little pen-keeper-chains through her fingers, I think.) Not that I was explaining any of the issues except that it was made of metal and I didn't want it being flailed around in the house! My tactic with such things was to deal with them very matter-of-factly and calmly, so as to discourage Curiosity About The Forbidden Thing That Makes Mommy Act Weird. Lecture-mode can work wonders to make anything Not Worth Investigating! And now, she's an adorable little prude. "Ew, grown-up stuff!"
(If anything, the kink selection at this year's Arisia was pretty small and mild, from what I saw. I don't think there were any dealer's rooms that my little prude wandered into and did an about-face, except one that'd been heavily Perfumed.)
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Date: 2011-01-21 05:58 pm (UTC)I do admit, my kid has, at prior Arisias, gone into certain dealer's rooms which... Well, I think she was three or four when she had to be talked out of a little key-chain sized "pen-chain" flogger as a toy. (She really liked the sensation of running those little pen-keeper-chains through her fingers, I think.) Not that I was explaining any of the issues except that it was made of metal and I didn't want it being flailed around in the house! My tactic with such things was to deal with them very matter-of-factly and calmly, so as to discourage Curiosity About The Forbidden Thing That Makes Mommy Act Weird. Lecture-mode can work wonders to make anything Not Worth Investigating! And now, she's an adorable little prude. "Ew, grown-up stuff!"
(If anything, the kink selection at this year's Arisia was pretty small and mild, from what I saw. I don't think there were any dealer's rooms that my little prude wandered into and did an about-face, except one that'd been heavily Perfumed.)