Lika’s Log

When my son was in da 5th grade he came home with a permission form for an AIDS education class. What bothered me about that was that knowing the culture of the commuinity and school they did not or had not taught the kids about basic sex education. How do teach kids about a sexually transmitted disease when they don’t even know what sexually transmitted is. I wanted to know what my son knew, so I asked him. I explained to him I needed to know what he knew and I wanted him to tell me.

He was doing his homework or acting like he was doing his homework when I asked him, “Do you know what having sex mean?” His eyes got big then he buried his face in his book acking like he was all busy. I explained to him why I was asking and I wasn’t going away till he answers me. His answer was “yeah yeah yeah I know all about dat.”
I was like tell so tell me what having sex means?

Speaking very slowyly he said “First, you take off your shirt, then you take off….
I was getting nuts and I said: “There’s a penis and a vagina, who has what?”
He said: “Boys have penis, Girls have vagina?”
I was like good, den wot happens?
He’s like “Mom I’m telling Dad you’re asking me dese tings?”
“Good cause you guys need to have dis man to man talk anyway. Wot happens?”

“Ok” He takes a deep breath and says as fast as he can: “Da penis goes in da vagina, dey go ugh, ugh, ugh something white comes out, there I told you!”
“Da white stuff is called semen it has sperm in it and when it comes out its called ejactulation.”
“Mom, I’m telling Dad you’re telling me dese tings!”
“Good so you can use correct terminology. What happens wit dat sperm?”
“If theres a egg, da girl get pregnant.”
“What can you do to prevent pregnancy”
“Mom, I need to do my homework. Guys have to use condoms!”
“Very good, how do you know these things?”
“Mom, I watch the Discovery channel!”
“Oh thats good you’re very smart.”
“Mom, you know wot? I saw Poki doing it!” (Poki was our popoki)
“You did, how did he do it?”
“He jumped behind Sam’s cat and he went like dis (he grabs on to the table with two hands and acts like his humping da table) ugh, ugh, ugh.”
“Yep, dat’s how animals do it, men too.”
“Mom can I do my homework now, sheeeeesh?”

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