My 8 yr old son asked me how babies are made.?

Lol! Honesty is the best policy, really. Although it's a little less awkward and seemingly more easy to tell them things like what BillyTheKid said, if you give him the 'special hug' story, you're going to have to call him back in a few years and reiterate with the truth anyway.

I've never known a kid to suffer from knowing about the birds and the bees too early. I've only known of problems occurring when they are given misinformation, are taught about the mechanics way too late (and have already picked up the gossip of peers as truth) or are simply never taught at all.

Public school might do the job for you-- I had sex ed when I was in the 5th grade, so you can always check and see if sex ed classes are coming up in his near future. If they are, stick with a vague explanation: A dad and a mom are needed to make a baby. A baby grows inside of the mom's stomach like a flower from a seed.

From there, he'll probably ask you more specific questions like, "How does the baby come out?" You can just say, "It comes out of a mommy's vagina, which is what girls have instead of penises." or something to the effect. Even if you're going to be vague and eventually say 'you'll learn all about this in school', I'd still opt for the correct terms of the body parts. At the very least he should know those.

If he's not going to be involved in sex education at school for whatever reason, you might need to tell him a bit more and more over time, or eventually have a home session where you pop in one of those informational "Where Do Babies Come From?" movies. You can probably search for some of those on youtube for free.

He's 8. I hate to break it to you but I have read on here parents having problems with their kids that age watching porn. It is inevitable no matter what, soon, he will know.

The best way to do it is to sit him down and talk to him. Tell him it is an important secret and not to tell his siblings. And hope that works.

No need to be graphic. Just lay it out for him.

"When a man and woman love each other very much, they sometimes give each other a very special hug. The baby grows inside the Mom's tummy."

just tell him the truth. I wouldn't get too graphic but chances are he has already heard some variant of the truth and is looking to you confirmed what he has been told.

Tell the truth. Cells from the dad get together with an egg fro the mom that grows into a baby inside mom. Is that so difficult?

Don't sweat it, if he's eight years old he probably already knows, he just wanted to find out whether you knew.

Simple, 3 words:

"Ask your mother"