Our conversation on the walk home from school:
Eric, looking traumatized: Mom! We learned about girl-puberty today. All the boys and girls sat in the same room and watched a video. *uncomfortable silence*
Me: And how was it?
Eric: It was SO disgusting. There were diagrams of girl privates and they talked about...gross stuff....
Me: Like periods?
Eric: UGH!!! Yes. Why?! I don't need to know about that.
Ethan: What is a period?
Eric: NO! No don't tell him! You don't want to know?!?!
Ethan: Yes I do. What is it?
Me: Well you know how girls have eggs inside?
Ethan: *giggles* They DO?!
Me: *sigh* Yes, you know that. Remember?
Ethan: Oh, yeah...
Me: So every month when an egg isn't going to be a baby, it gets flushed out along with blood.
Ethan: Girls poop out eggs?
Me: Noooo....you know how girls and boys have different parts? Girls have parts for that sort of thing.
Ethan: Oh, okay....Hey, look at this cool rock I found.
Eric: I can't believe they did that to us.
Me: Did they show boy diagrams?
Eric: No. *heavy sigh* They are making us do that tomorrow. With girls in the room.
Me: So what did you think about the information?
Eric: Nasty barfaroni and cheese!!!!! I don't need to know all this stuff about crotches!
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Eric: I heard "barfaroni and cheese" on Phineas and Ferb. Hey Ethan, want to play Pirates of the Caribbean Life? After we have a snack.
And we're back to our regularly scheduled trauma-free program.
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