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Wednesday. Kids are all different. Some of them won’t tell you a word about their lives or ask you anything and others don’t mind telling you whatever goes through their minds and are not afraid of asking questions.
A few months ago I was in the car together with my ex and my kids and my second son asked me: “Mom, what’s a tampon?”
Oh, crap! My ex started to laugh so I couldn’t play deaf that time. I don’t mind when my kids ask me questions but I feel really uncomfortable when they ask the questions in front of their siblings. Specially the younger ones.
“Mom, what’s a tampon?”
“Yeah, answer that question!” said my ex.
“A tampon is something that women use when…” And thank goodness he interrupted me saying: “Oh yes, the girls in my class got one when we had to see that video about sexual education”.
“WHAT?? They got a tampon?”
“Yes!”
“Are you sure it was a tampon? Or was it a pad, like the ones I use?”
“Ohhh… I see, they got a pad. What are tampons?”
“They are like pads that you use internally” And please God make that the last answer I have to give today because I’m feeling pretty uncomfortable right now.
I think he got the answer he needed and didn’t say anything else.

Last week he came to me again: “Mom, the kids in grade 7 got condoms”
WTF!! “Did they really?”
“Yes… and they were putting them on their heads. Let me show you a picture”

OMG! I wanted to laugh but I didn’t want to do it in front of him. I only wondered if the kids understood that the condom goes on the smaller head and not on the big one.
Anyway, I feel glad that they are laughing about the condoms and not really thinking to use them properly. It gives me hope to think that for now, the big head is ruling.

They are only 12. Maybe it’s a good time for them to know about protection but I still think they are too young to think about sex.
I know it’ll happen soon, before I know it.
I just want my kids to be kids for as long as possible. And when they grow up, never forget that they were once kids.

~ by DotedOn on September 7, 2016.