Rolling Stone Magazine?????????

JD came home from school the other day and told me that he saw a headline that he wanted to discuss. I stopped what I was doing and turned to him. He looked quite perplexed. I asked him what the headline said and he repeated, "Kids forced into sex for food". Ugh.. I just couldn't think fast enough, but before I said a word, he asked me, "How does someone force anyone to be a boy or a girl?" How innocent is that!? I struggled with what to tell him... should I just say, "You can't!" or should I go on?? Of course, *I* decided to go on.
I asked him if he remembered that we have told him that no one should touch him in any place that was private or that would make him uncomfortable. He remembered and so I told him that essentially that is what the children were forced to do in order to eat. I reminded him that I didn't read the story, so I didn't know all of the details. I was really hoping that the conversation would turn towards why people would be so mean to kids.... but no such luck.

My astute child sat there and contemplated my words and then turned to me and said..."Hmm.. Do you know what sex is?" I flailed for a minute and finally settled on asking him what HE thought sex was.... (Boy, was I not prepared for his answer!) He looked at me quite smugly and said, "Sex is when a girl gets naked and goes "wooo-wooo-wooo" and gets a boy to kiss her!" I was startled to say the least. I asked him where he came up with that idea. He said, matter-of-factly, "Rolling Stone Magazine". Wha?????

Anyway, I couldn't let him go along believing his Rolling Stone Magazine version of sex and so we continued to discuss it. To keep it very generic, for fear of who might be reading this part of my diary... I mean blog... I told him that he might notice some changes as he gets older and he blurted out that he knew what I meant... that already it gets to a point that he can't bend it and he thinks that he might pee in his face! I am really glad I am not a boy!!

So then I told him what happens next... and the look on his face was priceless. There was a mixture of confusion, amazement, disgust, and curiosity all at the same moment. He yelled, "That is SO gross! I will NEVER......." Heh... yeah, we'll see.

After a couple of minutes, he came back to the conversation (OH JOY!) and said.. "Did YOU do that with George??" Again, silence and confusion on my end and he said, "Mom, why are you so red??" HA! I answered as best as I could and told him the answer was yes and he looked at my incredulously... and then asked, "WHEN? When did you do that??" I told him it was private and that you don't talk about things like that. Let's hope he thinks that it was only once. I can't take any more questions!