The Birds and The Bees..

My good friend V told me over lunch the other day that her 10 year old daughter was showing signs of moodiness, teenage angst and generally being horrid to her mum!! Sound familiar any-one??

She bought her daughter a book which explains the changes that happen during puberty in the hope that it may ease things a bit...knowledge is power and all that,..I remember reading Peter and Jane books when I was a kid and it explained, in simple detail, the differences between girls and boys and what to expect when growing up. To be fair I had a head start...Angus, our next door neighbour who was about 5 years older than me, had already shown my sister and I what he had that we hadn't got!!! And I am not talking about the swing in his back garden...I wonder where Angus is now, I never got to say thank-you!

My son's old school have already started sex education for the 7 year olds. One of the mums told me her daughter didn't reveal too much about the lesson but on a Sunday Lunch with the Grandparents she proudly announced that "Daddy has a penis and mummy has a China!!!"...Not sure how well that went down with the Tiramisu!!

LF has asked me the usual questions such as how do babies get in mummies tummys and why can't girls pee standing up...I don't want to tell him that nowadays petri dishes and ladies in Thailand may be the answer...now what was the question????

I believe that kids need to know the simple facts of life but not sex education...they are after all only 7 years old....Where is damn Angus when you need him!!!