". . . He went on, “Do you and dad ever do it for that reason?”
“Most of the time we’ve done it or do it, it’s for pleasure, honey.” He looked a combination of fascinated and chagrined. “You know you were no accident. Before that, I went off birth control to get pregnant, and we were so happy when you came into our lives.”. . .
. . . He hemmed and hawed next, and I got the sense he wanted to know what I meant when I said it feels good. I asked him if he had that question. He said yes. So I said it was kind of like having someone scratch your back in a place that itched, and having them scratch it just right. I said that, after puberty, he’d know what the special itch felt like. He nodded. . .
. . . Our son asked why they didn’t tell him this stuff at school. The mate explained that adults stupidly think that if you [don't] keep the truth about sex from children, they’ll have sex earlier than they really should. He added that the evidence indicates otherwise. . . "
(excerpts from a blog by Alice Dreger [a breath of fresh air on the topic of sex education] - see http://www.alicedreger.com/home.html)
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