Lawrence is currently in the "health education" unit of 5th grade. Each day he comes home saying the day was great, no details, BUT then at some point in the evening poses a question or makes a statement that helps me know what they are covering....
-"I hope I never have a wet dream. I don't want to have sperm in my bed."
-"I hope my baby brother gets taken out through your stomach, and not the weird way" (they watched a video! amazingly, it was the amount of hair on a woman that creeped him out on vaginal delivery...)
-"Now I get why you bleed on those cottons."
-"Where does the pee come from for a girl?" The discussion that followed made him decide that girls were weirder than ever since they have "three openings".
For the most part he doesn't seem to want to "talk" or have too many questions, he is just disgusted by the whole process. He did suggest that if he did ever have to suffer the indignity of a wet dream, maybe he should get a special reward, like a welcome to puberty gift or something. Any excuse is a good time to angle for legos!
Last night I told Mike he was welcome to jump in anytime and help, I mean, what do I REALLY know about wet dreams besides what I learned back in 6th grade sex ed?? He calmly responded that he was fine and as far as he was concerned everything that had been brought up so far was on his list of things-I-never-want-to-discuss-with-my-parents. I'm glad Lawrence feels comfortable talking about it, I never did (and still don't but I'm trying!) but I suspect it has less to do with an environment of trust and respect and more with a lack of awareness of awkward subjects.
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