Our Second TALK
A couple months back we had The Talk with son number two. I’d been preping Joey for months about this talk, planting seeds of information and preparing him so he would know it’s something not to be shared among his friends.
We checked the book Before I was Born Book Two out of the library weeks ago, but Joey kept saying “I don’t trust myself not to tell.” Tonight we just decided to read the book with him so I could return the book before it’s overdue!
We snuggled together, prayed and then began reading. Throughout the book he was very mature and it helped that we had already discussed many on the things already that were in the book, everything except how part of the daddy got into the mommy.
When we got to that page, after we read about the male and female parts, I asked “so how do you think the daddy part gets into the mommy.” (meaning the egg and sperm)
He looked puzzled and then said, “Through her mouth? Does she drink it?” I let out a chuckle and went on to explain that the mommy and daddy parts had to touch. Okay, call me chicken cautious, but while I was reading, I had to edit or paraphrase the page that went into detail and used the word S*X. We figured he gets the point and believe in little doses of truth instead of loading them all down with information they’re really not going to be able to do anything with.
Then we moved on to explain the sperm connecting with the egg. Joey’s eye light up, “It’s like the Oklahoma land run. Thousands of men are after one woman.” That made me laugh out loud!
We finished the book, emphasizing God’s plan for babies in marriage only and asked him if he had any questions. He didn’t and seemed satisfied with what we had shared with him.
Our second time around wasn’t near as scary and painful as the first! I think I’ve gotten more comfortable with sharing the information!
The next TALK on the agenda is when my husband gets to take our oldest on a father son Passport to Purity Weekend. We’ll probably go through this book one more time, letting him read the “forbidden” pages. Yet, I’m so glad he still has his moral innocense in tact. He mentioned to me that at church he heard the word S*X and didn’t really understand what the big deal was. He still thinks it’s the word to describe being a male or female. That’s what I told them it meant in the past, since it’s unavoidable nowadays that you’ll hear it on television.
I asked Chris if he wanted to know the other meaning for the word. He fired back, “No!” I said, it’s kind of like The Talk we had a couple of years ago. He said, “No thanks, I don’t want to know.” And for know he doesn’t have to know!
