How to Explain theh Facts of Life to Your Child and Not Crack Up

How to Explain Facts of Life to Your Child and Not Crack up

Paige- first day of school

You know the time is coming, the girl child is growing up, she pretty much hasn't bought that Stork delivers the baby idea and laughed outright at the Cabbage Patch idea, "what idiot would leave a baby in the dirt or mud covered by that stuff"

She is in school and around other kids, and how much do you want her to learn from them, you have to do this, bite the bullet, ok Hershey bar, and collect what you need. now, call the little darling in.

When Paige's mother was in 2nd grade, it was up to me to have the talk with her, so she climbed into bed with me, our routine night time snuggle time, spent telling me what happened during the day, her plans for the next day and general giggles ... and questions.... So, I held her close, and told her that I knew she had questions about life and the way things worked ... that her grandmother had given me a book to read to her and so I did.

This was written in 1923, by the Government, and actually started with the flower, bee' s and birds and fish and we got past fish and manda wanted to ask a question, I honestly said "the only thing  I know about fish is they are made into sticks and we eat them, hang on..."
KNOW YOUR MATERIAL what ever you are going to use, don't think that you can jump in and know what everything is, just cause you know the way things work, check out reading material before you have an audience.. she couldn't figure out why i kept laughing or trying not to laugh.

We got to people part. I barely started and she stopped me and said, "I have a question" Feeling, well, how bad could it be we just started it, I said shoot. "ok, if the mom is blue eye'd and has blonde hair and the dad has brown eyes and brown hair what is the percent chance the baby will haaave..... momm?

KNOW YOUR KID...don't overplay the info, have drawings or pictures ready that explain what you want to say but can't say the words.... the confusion above was me kicking her out of bed. seems they had studied this in school...thank you very much. she picked up the drawings I had done of the sperm meeting the egg... said she liked the smile I drew on them, they looked friendly. see, I had drawn pictures that I thought would help.

Between all sources, she learned. And now she has a daughter Paige, who is just starting 1st grade, and already has questions. Amanda told me to answer what she wants, but not to elaborate. So far, so good, but I did get a phone call with her asking me why Paige thought a sperm would have a smile on it's face.........