tackling the birds and the bees

extracted from "Simply Her - oct'07"
found this article very funny and am very impressed by kids nowadays....

Mother-of-four tells how she broached the touchy subject of sex with her kids.

Two cats were crouched on the ground, oblivious to the world around. The one on top had its teeth in the neck of the one below.
"Look, Mum! The cats are fighting," exclaimed JJ, my eldest child, who was in Pr.3 then.
"No, they're mating," I corrected him.
"But that one's biting the other one."
"Uh huh, that's how they mate," I replied.
Little incidences like this are the start of little whisperings, each one heralding the inevitable.

"Mum, there's this little thing sticking out from Gigi," my younger son JK said one day. "Like a penis."
My 2yr old daughter was sitting on the toilet with the door ajar.
"That's what all girls have. But it's not called a penis."
"Huh?" JK replied, looking surprised. "Then what is it called?"
I had visions of my son going to school the next day telling his classmates about a girl's clitoris.
"Never mind what it's called, you shouldn't be peeking at girls in the bathroom,' I admonished JK.
"Mum, do you have one too?" he asked.
"Yes, all girls have one," I said, trying to look cool.
Another narrow escape.

Then one evening, the trailer of the movie The 40 Year Old Virgin came on while we were watching TV.
"What's a virgin, Mum?" asked JJ.
I was stumped, even as I caught hubby's amused glance. Clearly, he wasn't going to help.
I almost said: "Someone who hasn't had sex before", but that would mean explaining what sex was. I left the room, and by the time I got back, JJ had forgotten about his question.

The next day, I brought home some books from the library, among them a children's book title You And Your Body, explaining the birds and the bees, complete with colourful kiddie drawings.
I read parts of it to hubby : ....babies are born through the opening of the vagina, which is between the mother's legs... a baby starts to grow when an egg and sperm meet and join together. The mother and father cuddle each other very close. The father's penis gets stiffer and fits comfortably into the mother's vagina. This is called making love or having sex."
I left the book on the table, hoping the boys would read it and not ask me awkward questions. Boy, was I wrong.

At breakfast, JJ came into the kitchen. "Mum, I was reading that book about babies... it says daddy's penis gets stiff and goes into the vagina. Is it true? he asked.
"Yes, it's true," I said.
"But how does it go in? I mean, your shorts are there."
"Well, they have to be taken off first," I replied calmly.
"You mean, naked?" my son asked, raising his brows.
"Yes," I said, making sure not to spill my coffee.
"That's disgusting! Eeewww...! I'm never gonna get married!" JJ exclaimed and left the kitchen.

I heard him telling JK: "You know what Daddy and Mum did before you were born? They go to bed naked and his penis gets stiff and goes into Mummy's vagina. And the sperm meets the egg. That's how you were born."

My 9yr old, and perhaps even the 2 younger ones, now know about the birds and bees. And it all happened quite naturally, as I had hoped, even though The 40 Year Old Virgin had been the catalyst.