As a father, do you think it's my place to...?

Question

tell my son about masturbation? my father never told me about it and i ended up learning about jacking off from a guy at school. i wish that i had been able to talk and be open enough with my dad that we could talk about it. would you tell your son? and at what age do you think it would be appropriate? would you even go as far as coaching him on how to do it?

Answer 1

I would leave it at telling him that it's normal and that most people do it.  Coaching him is a bit over the top.

Answer 2

I think you should, otherwise he could think of it as being bad and hurt his self esteem. if you circumcised him then make something available to use as lube since he has no natural gliding skin

Answer 3

maybe its kind of a akward conversation for me and my dad to talk about that