Eva Manurung Shocked by Grandchild's Question About Sex, to Psychiatrist for Wise Answers

Kapanlagi.com - The mother of Virgoun, Eva Manurung, expressed her deep concerns about the development of her grandchildren, especially Starla. At her young age, Starla has thrown critical questions that left her grandmother overwhelmed. One of them was a question about sex and marriage.

Eva Manurung admitted she was very shocked when her intelligent grandchild suddenly asked for the definition of sex. Instantly, Eva was confused about what kind of answer to give that would be easily understood by a child of Starla's age without causing misunderstanding.

"I wasn't ready. Lala is a wise person, you know. 'Opung, Opung, what does Lala want marriage to be?' Oh dear. 'Huh? Opung, what is sex?'" she said when met in the area of Jalan Kapten Tendean, Mampang, South Jakarta, on Monday (15/12/2025).

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1. Eva Manurung Not Ready to Answer Grandchild's Questions

Eva Manurung Speaking in Front of Journalists © KapanLagi.com/Budy Santoso

Feeling unprepared to face her grandchild's immense curiosity, Eva did not remain silent. She even consulted with her friends who are psychiatrists and child psychologists. Eva wants to ensure that every answer she provides is accurate and does not harm her grandchild's mental health in the future.

"So I'm not ready yet. Wait a minute, let me fix this first. What is the answer to that question, how should it be until I have this doctor friend, a psychiatrist, a hanging-out friend. I said, there's a child psychologist, what should I do when something like this comes up?" explained Eva.

2. Eva Manurung Realizes Her Grandchild is Critical

Eva realizes that children today have very broad access to information through the internet. This is what makes her afraid that her grandchild might get the wrong understanding from unreliable sources.

"Because I know my grandchild is smart. Critical. Starla is very critical. I hope there won't be any questions, are you ready for your child’s questions tomorrow, we don’t know where she might get that information from, right?" she added.

3. Eva Manurung Learns to Be a Wise Grandma

Eva's efforts to learn to be a wise grandma show just how great her love is for Virgoun's children. She is willing to do research and read a lot of literature to become a safe place for her grandchildren to ask questions.

(kpl/aal/rsp)