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Answering the question from your 9 to 12-year-old can be straightforward:

“Sex is wonderful sensual experience for adults and a way of showing love and affection.

While sex may seem a bit strange to you at your age it is natural for adults to have sexual feelings and to have fun making love. “

With this answer you are giving positive messages about sex and are clear this is something that adults do, not children.

However you may also want to take the opportunity to talk about the risks some young people take by experimenting with sex when they are too young, and how you would want your child to behave when they have their first boyfriend or girlfriend.