Where do they come from?

So, my kids are now at that age where they are starting to ask questions. I don't remember asking questions about babies origins until I was much older than they are, but given that the school has started my kindergartner on the D.A.R.E. program, I am not terribly surprised.

It was gladly that I realized my daughter has finally developed a sense of modesty- that is to say she doesn't run into the living room butt assed naked after her bath when we have company anymore. On tap I have a DVD of "The Miracle of Life" for when they start asking technical questions, and my son took great interest in watching a National Geographic special that showed lots of fun pics in-utero, luckily for me, I got to that channel by surfing, and when the bundle was about 10 weeks along- so no weird questions there.

My upcoming ta-ta uterus surgery is beginning to raise some questions with the kids that have me making that "White man dancing" over-bite face. I am not embarrassed by sex, nor talking about it to my kids. I just don't know where to draw the line... How does one explain it so that a 6 to 8 year old will understand? Trying to be the forward thinking mom that I am, I want it to be an open and easily approachable subject- but I do tend to state things very matter-of-fact in a lot of situations, and I just don't know if my kids can get their heads around that; I certainly never want them to feel embarrassed or ashamed of their sexuality... but "tab a, slot b" may not get the questions answered.

My prayers answered! A sex book for kids! Now I can not only get something to help me, but sit back and watch the proverbial shit hit the fan as the moral majority too much time on their hands fit thorwing mothers have a field day about this book. This is the kind of entertainment you can't PAY for. The book is supposedly well written with plenty of illustrations- I can't wait to see the horrified mothers of the right wing shit in a sock over an illustrated penis, or a man and a woman in bed (see above, this is from the book).... even tastefully done.

America's attitude about sex sucks... and I think it makes for more unsafe and promiscuous behavior as adolescents come of age. Being in Europe, and exposed to the "rest of the world" attitude has been quite an education. American media is just a step away from the back door of religious zealotry when it comes to sex... in ads and on TV. I guess they prefer to mask it under innuendo and not so unobvious phallic symbology. Let's throw a fit about a woman's titty nipple popping out at a halftime concert- because that is offensive. But THIS is okay? I have seen less obvious money shots in Ron Jeremy films.

So, I am heading over to Amazon to get my copy of this book. With the shit storm that I am sure that is going to ensue over this publication- it might become a collectors item.