As some of you know, the NBC Nightly News crew came to our house yesterday. They were doing a story on Generations of Hope that focused on the relationship between our family and one of the "grandparents" in the neighborhood.
They decided that they wanted to get a "Norman Rockwell" shot of our huge family sitting around the dinner table. After the prayer and our "Best Part of the Day" routine, they decided they had enough film, so they turned off the cameras and left.
Finally.
Good thing.
Right afterwards, the conversation took an...ummmm.....interesting turn....
I'm not sure how the conversation started. Maybe we were discussing the birth of my new niece, Abigail. Whatever started it, the conversation ended up being about babies.
I believe that if kids are old enough to ask questions, they are old enough to get honest answers. We always try to answer their questions honestly, without embarrassment, and using proper terms.
I'm glad the cameras were no longer rolling to hear me discussing sperm, eggs, fallopian tubes and the uterus over our meatball stroganoff. I don't think that is what they had in mind when they said they needed a "Norman Rockwell" moment.
However, I must admit that I *almost* wish the cameras were still rolling to get Gabby's next statement on film for posterity....
With a determined look full of wonder and excitement, she exclaimed, "When I grow up, I'm gonna have a uterus!"
They decided that they wanted to get a "Norman Rockwell" shot of our huge family sitting around the dinner table. After the prayer and our "Best Part of the Day" routine, they decided they had enough film, so they turned off the cameras and left.
Finally.
Good thing.
Right afterwards, the conversation took an...ummmm.....interesting turn....
I'm not sure how the conversation started. Maybe we were discussing the birth of my new niece, Abigail. Whatever started it, the conversation ended up being about babies.
I believe that if kids are old enough to ask questions, they are old enough to get honest answers. We always try to answer their questions honestly, without embarrassment, and using proper terms.
I'm glad the cameras were no longer rolling to hear me discussing sperm, eggs, fallopian tubes and the uterus over our meatball stroganoff. I don't think that is what they had in mind when they said they needed a "Norman Rockwell" moment.
However, I must admit that I *almost* wish the cameras were still rolling to get Gabby's next statement on film for posterity....
With a determined look full of wonder and excitement, she exclaimed, "When I grow up, I'm gonna have a uterus!"
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This was SO funny!!
ReplyDeleteSimilar experience with Ellie. I came home from the OB with a brochure on ablation and Ellie was fascinated by the graphics of the female reproductive system. She wanted to know what it all was, so I identified the various parts and explained how the eggs are in the ovary, float down the fallopian tubes and into the uterus, etc.
She was especially fascinated by the idea that she already has eggs to make babies in her body, right now, at age 4.
So she went to preschool the next day and announced to one of the boys she has a love-hate relationship with: "I have eggs to make babies, AND YOU DON'T!" in that taunting tone of voice kids get sometimes. The boy, replied, "I do so have eggs in my body too! I ate scrambled eggs for breakfast!" :-)
(I was kind of happy that she stuck to that. I wasn't sure what other parents would think if she taught their kids the words vulva and vagina. :-) But like you, I think it's important to use proper words for body parts!