"mom, you have to sign a permission slip so my teachers at school can talk to us about puberty."
i thought i was going to choke on my toast. what? puberty? when? oh my gosh, periods, hair in strange places, bodies changing...gasp...attitudes changing. i managed to swallow my bite and replied to my oh so innocent 10 year old daughter.
"okay." smiling and thinking hmph, puberty. i'll teach her about puberty. tonight.
so this is my fun job for the evening. telling her about life and prepping her for what she'll hear at school. i remember when i started my period, my mom said to me "welcome to woman-hood," and that was that. but now, in today's age, there's no telling what my daughter knows, or has already heard. i've already *gone there* and have had to have a mild sex talk with her in the past thanks to an obnoxious 8 year old who used slang to describe his private parts. sigh. dang kid.
so wish me luck as i explain to a 10 year old all the wonders of one of God's most wonderful creations; girls.
Wow, I guess that is what I have to look forward to. I remember having sex ed class in the 5th grade and fighting the urge to giggle.
ReplyDeleteWhen my oldest two were 5 and 3, I was driving around town with them buckled in in the back seat. Then Jessica asked me, "Daddy, what is sex?" My mind started racing, why did she ask me, she would be asking her mother this question. Now what was I going to do?
ReplyDeleteThe day before, I had heard a speaker on the radio talking about understanding what context children were asking their question in, so I replied, "Why do you want to know?"
She replied, "It says here on your driver's license, Sex: M."
Tom
haha! that's great tom..i'm going to have to remember that story! and will, i read on twitter where you're going to have baby #2 today! good luck!!!
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