Oh how pleasent. How on earth did they manage to weed all that information out of you? Inquisitive young children you have there.
Why??? Real life destroys are our childhood, but I guess sooner or later it must happen. I bet your kids don’t remember any of what you talked about later… they will move on to kid stuff, and years from now they will pull up that memory as needed for a history class or something. I have found this to be true with mine, but then he is rather “the world revolves around me”ish.
Hugs, Tricia
I bet that was tiring.
@pray14me - My oldest reads our Smithsonian magazine from cover to cover… so that is where some of the questions come from. The pandemia and bird flu was because he reads Johnathon Rand books… Oy… at least he hasn’t gone out of the realm of what I can explain yet, I am sure that some day it will happen. lol
umm…yeah. that part sucks weasels.
Just wait until you have to talk about sex, aids, and creepy men.
Wait til the sex talks begin….I thought THAT was worse!!
LOL sex aids & creepy men! Have a good week!
That sounds tough. My kids (4 & 6) heard a “severe thunderstorm warning” on the radio today and nearly fell to pieces!!
Well, that leaves penis enlargement, erectile dysfunction, heavy flow days, personal lubricant (his and hers)…..GASP!!…..I pity you and all parents who struggle to get past the commercials only to be hit with R rated prime time “entertainment!” *hugs*
i stick my fingers in my ears and say “I can’t hear you, i can’t hear you, i can’t hear you, i can’t ear you.” it works well with my husband too!!
Not the fun part of parenting, that is for certain!!!
As someone who works with teenagers (not professionally, just voluntarily), I thank you for telling them about these things even though it’s not enjoyable for you. Most of the kids I work with (again, teenagers) probably don’t know what a pandemic is or what happened at Chernobyl. I doubt they’ve ever even heard of Chernobyl. Sometimes I’m surprised if they’ve even heard of World War II.
Those are serious topics, you should of just assigned them to google it and bring back a report.
Gee I did not think that they were listening when I put all them thoughts in there heads this weekend. Isn’t parenting fun.
Wow, this is some heavy stuff. Not my idea of fun!
Very heavy, but be happy. Those are the easy stuff comparing to what’s coming.
And what a privilege to impart history and wisdom directly to your children, and not allowing the world to present it’s distorted version! And thanks so much for praying. Andy’s temperature has dropped to 101.4! Please keep it up, though, we have a ways to go!
“Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” Psalm 30:5b
For some reason this reminded me of when Pretty Woman first came out and I had to ask my mom what a hooker was, lol.
I don’t think kids have the same innocence anymore. TV and radio, even when limited, never shut up. And well, your son reads the Smithsonian… ( don’t I feel like an uneducated schlump!) Being able to help them navigate positively is the best hope we’ve got… but I’d want to cry too.
you just scared me about having kids. I dont want to explain those to them until they are old enough…say like 18. lol.
I sincerely applaud you for explaining those events to your kids firsthand. They are among the things that have shaped our time, and history is not some dusty book on a shelf, it is a story and should be shared that way. Too much of parenting is being left to the so-called experts, and I think that’s a mistake. I was trying to explain turbochargers and jake brakes to mine last night, and it’s worthwhile. When you come to something you don’t know, it’s a chance to say let’s find out together!
And they’re not even old enough for the sex talk yet. All this stuff is nothing.
Trish
lol… and meanwhile, my 8 year old wants to know why it is wrong to put his penis into a girl’s mouth at his age…
There is always the bad that you have to take with all the good as a parent…..
Ugh….apparently I’ll never have to worry about such things.
sigh
Awww… That’s rough… There will be better times I’m sure.
Mornin Glorie……… you should be proud that you have the knowledge to explain and that they ask! Your kids are the greatest…stuff like this makes me not worry about the future so much!!!
i don’t envy you at all when it comes to that. my 9 year old nephew once asked me what a strip club was. luckily his father was also present, so i deferred to him, lol
Oh, my… and the worst is yet to come, honey… there’s sex, oral sex (which, frighteningly, some kids don’t seem to think “counts” as “real” sex!), pregnancy–particularly that of the teenage, someone they know variety! Parenting ain’t for sissies, honey; so hold on, do your best, and I’m sure you–and your kids–will be just fine.
Wow! Were they asking about all of those things? What brought on those questions?????
Heck, I was waiting for you to explain those things to ME!!!!
Shoot…that must have been hella-tough! Sorry, luv’.
Hugs, L
Wait. Wait. You haven’t explained anything yet love. Wait till they start driving and dating.
That sucks!!! It’s so hard when your kids find out about real life.
I am glad that they are thinking and reading and not watching MTV …. The sex talk can’t be too far off… I taught about Sodom and Gomorrah in SS once (Never again) when they asked questions my answers were even more vague than a teen answering the “Are you having sex yet?” question,I bet a lot of parents were explaining Homosexuality over Sunday dinner that day ….I skipped that story after that!
I completely understand and mine ask questions I get disturbed by and get a dumbfounded look over my face!
in our instance how about death as well!
LOL…pat yourself on the back for rearing clever and inquisitive children.
@numbers42 - Oh… we covered that one at ages five and six… natuaral things like death and sex I was prepared to explain… it is more the man made disasters and cruely I am didn’t expect… ya know what I mean?
that IS worse than the birds/bees.
They are growing really fast, aren’t they?
@Someone - Oops. Haha So how did you tell your son?
@VersaGratis - ~ ponders ~ I guess we had “the talk”. He’s 8. He should know.
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Oh how pleasent. How on earth did they manage to weed all that information out of you?
Inquisitive young children you have there.
Why??? Real life destroys are our childhood, but I guess sooner or later it must happen. I bet your kids don’t remember any of what you talked about later… they will move on to kid stuff, and years from now they will pull up that memory as needed for a history class or something. I have found this to be true with mine, but then he is rather “the world revolves around me”ish.
Hugs, Tricia
I bet that was tiring.
@pray14me - My oldest reads our Smithsonian magazine from cover to cover… so that is where some of the questions come from. The pandemia and bird flu was because he reads Johnathon Rand books… Oy… at least he hasn’t gone out of the realm of what I can explain yet, I am sure that some day it will happen. lol
umm…yeah. that part sucks weasels.
Just wait until you have to talk about sex, aids, and creepy men.
Wait til the sex talks begin….I thought THAT was worse!!
LOL sex aids & creepy men! Have a good week!
That sounds tough. My kids (4 & 6) heard a “severe thunderstorm warning” on the radio today and nearly fell to pieces!!
Well, that leaves penis enlargement, erectile dysfunction, heavy flow days, personal lubricant (his and hers)…..GASP!!…..I pity you and all parents who struggle to get past the commercials only to be hit with R rated prime time “entertainment!”
*hugs*
i stick my fingers in my ears and say “I can’t hear you, i can’t hear you, i can’t hear you, i can’t ear you.” it works well with my husband too!!
Not the fun part of parenting, that is for certain!!!
Wow all in one weekend? Brutal!
@spazmom40 - I will try that Spaz! lol
As someone who works with teenagers (not professionally, just voluntarily), I thank you for telling them about these things even though it’s not enjoyable for you. Most of the kids I work with (again, teenagers) probably don’t know what a pandemic is or what happened at Chernobyl. I doubt they’ve ever even heard of Chernobyl. Sometimes I’m surprised if they’ve even heard of World War II.
Those are serious topics, you should of just assigned them to google it and bring back a report.
Gee I did not think that they were listening when I put all them thoughts in there heads this weekend. Isn’t parenting fun.
Wow, this is some heavy stuff. Not my idea of fun!
Very heavy, but be happy. Those are the easy stuff comparing to what’s coming.
And what a privilege to impart history and wisdom directly to your children, and not allowing the world to present it’s distorted version! And thanks so much for praying. Andy’s temperature has dropped to
101.4! Please keep it up, though,
we have a ways to go!
“Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” Psalm 30:5b
For some reason this reminded me of when Pretty Woman first came out and I had to ask my mom what a hooker was, lol.
I don’t think kids have the same innocence anymore. TV and radio, even when limited, never shut up. And well, your son reads the Smithsonian… ( don’t I feel like an uneducated schlump!) Being able to help them navigate positively is the best hope we’ve got… but I’d want to cry too.
you just scared me about having kids. I dont want to explain those to them until they are old enough…say like 18. lol.
I sincerely applaud you for explaining those events to your kids firsthand. They are among the things that have shaped our time, and history is not some dusty book on a shelf, it is a story and should be shared that way. Too much of parenting is being left to the so-called experts, and I think that’s a mistake. I was trying to explain turbochargers and jake brakes to mine last night, and it’s worthwhile. When you come to something you don’t know, it’s a chance to say let’s find out together!
And they’re not even old enough for the sex talk yet. All this stuff is nothing.
Trish
lol… and meanwhile, my 8 year old wants to know why it is wrong to put his penis into a girl’s mouth at his age…
There is always the bad that you have to take with all the good as a parent…..
Ugh….apparently I’ll never have to worry about such things.
sigh
Awww… That’s rough… There will be better times I’m sure.
Mornin Glorie……… you should be proud that you have the knowledge to explain and that they ask! Your kids are the greatest…stuff like this makes me not worry about the future so much!!!
i don’t envy you at all when it comes to that. my 9 year old nephew once asked me what a strip club was. luckily his father was also present, so i deferred to him, lol
Oh, my… and the worst is yet to come, honey… there’s sex, oral sex (which, frighteningly, some kids don’t seem to think “counts” as “real” sex!), pregnancy–particularly that of the teenage, someone they know variety! Parenting ain’t for sissies, honey; so hold on, do your best, and I’m sure you–and your kids–will be just fine.
Wow! Were they asking about all of those things? What brought on those questions?????
Heck, I was waiting for you to explain those things to ME!!!!
Shoot…that must have been hella-tough!
Sorry, luv’.
Hugs,
L
Wait. Wait. You haven’t explained anything yet love. Wait till they start driving and dating.
That sucks!!! It’s so hard when your kids find out about real life.
I am glad that they are thinking and reading and not watching MTV …. The sex talk can’t be too far off… I taught about Sodom and Gomorrah in SS once (Never again) when they asked questions my answers were even more vague than a teen answering the “Are you having sex yet?” question,I bet a lot of parents were explaining Homosexuality over Sunday dinner that day ….I skipped that story after that!
I completely understand and mine ask questions I get disturbed by and get a dumbfounded look over my face!
in our instance how about death as well!
LOL…pat yourself on the back for rearing clever and inquisitive children.
@numbers42 - Oh… we covered that one at ages five and six… natuaral things like death and sex I was prepared to explain… it is more the man made disasters and cruely I am didn’t expect… ya know what I mean?
that IS worse than the birds/bees.
They are growing really fast, aren’t they?
@Someone - Oops. Haha
So how did you tell your son?
@VersaGratis - ~ ponders ~ I guess we had “the talk”. He’s 8. He should know.