THE TALK (number 1)

I'm not one of those parents who dreads my kid growing up (not that I reserve the right to change my find when he becomes a teenager). I look forward to all of his milestones, whether they be emotional or physical. So, I was OK with having the first TALK with him about sex. I'd answer some of his basic questions in the past, so it's not like the first time the topic came up. Rather, my wife and I felt he should know more.

My wife was pretty insistent on getting a book, but he and I didn't use it. Rather, I opened by telling him that this was important information for him to have and that, more often than not, his friends won't have the right information. I then asked him some questions: Where do babies come from? When he said, "Uterus" I knew this was going to go well as our previous conversations had sunk in. He knew that a sperm had to get to an egg for a woman to get pregnant, but wasn't so sure how either got there. So, I talk to him about ovaries, a woman's cycle and period (I think this was, in his mind TMI), and the vagina. Then we moved on to how sperm, testicles, penis and sex (he didn't scrunch up his face too much at this point). We wrapped up with how sex is filthy and shameful and should only be done with strangers for money;-)

He didn't go screaming out of the room and he's still talking to me, so I guess it went well. I'm thinking I'll be getting some interesting questions from him fairly soon as this sinks in.