Comments on: As California goes… http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=321 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:31:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mike Shell http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=321&cpage=1#comment-2254 Mike Shell Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:26:27 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=321#comment-2254 Thanks for this. It delights me as a 50-something gay man to know how much has changed. When I was in grade school--way back in another century, the 1950s, to be precise--my Mom read to me from a progessive child sex ed book of the time about how intercourse worked. My childish thought was, "Yuck! Do I have to do that?!" So, I asked if babies could be made "by accident"--by which I meant "by kissing" or something else less "yucky"! Mom, thinking adult thoughts, said yes--by which I now know she meant "unplanned." It took about 10 years before I learned the truth." :-) Mike Thanks for this. It delights me as a 50-something gay man to know how much has changed.

When I was in grade school–way back in another century, the 1950s, to be precise–my Mom read to me from a progessive child sex ed book of the time about how intercourse worked.

My childish thought was, “Yuck! Do I have to do that?!” So, I asked if babies could be made “by accident”–by which I meant “by kissing” or something else less “yucky”!

Mom, thinking adult thoughts, said yes–by which I now know she meant “unplanned.”

It took about 10 years before I learned the truth.”

:-)

Mike

]]> By: gin davis http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=321&cpage=1#comment-2221 gin davis Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:25:58 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=321#comment-2221 well it's funny how the child wonders by himself he wonders and i also wonder about procreation ................................. gin davis <a href="http://www.addictionrecovery.net/arizo" rel="nofollow">Addiction Recovery Arizona</a> well it’s funny how the child wonders by himself he wonders and i also wonder about procreation
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]]> By: Joan http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=321&cpage=1#comment-2136 Joan Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:53:52 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=321#comment-2136 My son told me when he was five that he was very glad to be a boy, because having a baby would be extremely "uncomfortable". My son told me when he was five that he was very glad to be a boy, because having a baby would be extremely “uncomfortable”.

]]> By: MarcyB http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=321&cpage=1#comment-2101 MarcyB Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:13:58 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=321#comment-2101 You guys are lucky to have such savvy kids. Eight-year-old Avery knows all about gestation and delivery, but every time I try to tell him about S-E-X (he knows the word, if nothing else) he does the Talk To The Hand gesture while shaking his head vehemently and saying, "No thanks, I don't wanna hear about that." It's actually kind of funny. But you're absolutely right, Rachel, that when he IS ready to learn all about sexuality and its many forms, I want there to be good resources available to help me help him. You guys are lucky to have such savvy kids. Eight-year-old Avery knows all about gestation and delivery, but every time I try to tell him about S-E-X (he knows the word, if nothing else) he does the Talk To The Hand gesture while shaking his head vehemently and saying, “No thanks, I don’t wanna hear about that.” It’s actually kind of funny. But you’re absolutely right, Rachel, that when he IS ready to learn all about sexuality and its many forms, I want there to be good resources available to help me help him.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=321&cpage=1#comment-2100 Jeff Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:32:58 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=321#comment-2100 That's funny. My six year old son has the same conversations about who is going to marry and have children with. He also knows about men marrying men and women marrying men without batting an eye. He did ask if men could get pregnant. This future married couple will also have four jobs (one of them is to be a library manager ahhh :) That’s funny. My six year old son has the same conversations about who is going to marry and have children with. He also knows about men marrying men and women marrying men without batting an eye. He did ask if men could get pregnant. This future married couple will also have four jobs (one of them is to be a library manager ahhh :)

]]> By: julieatlu http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=321&cpage=1#comment-2091 julieatlu Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:38:50 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=321#comment-2091 Rachel, Thank you, thank you for your blog (always!) And thank you for talking to your kids about alternative families in a way I have also found myself talking to mine. My kids are now 10 and 12 and I've gone through the friends telling them same sex unions are "gross' and "unnatural" and all things in between. I have always tried to tell them that love happens to people, no matter who they love and all will be OK in the end. I think same sex marriage (unions, whatever), adoption (multiracial or whatever) and "natural" kids are all great and ALL make great families. And that librarians are the key to helping any and all viewpoints understand one and other. Let's hope we keep doing our jobs as well as we should. JF Rachel,

Thank you, thank you for your blog (always!) And thank you for talking to your kids about alternative families in a way I have also found myself talking to mine. My kids are now 10 and 12 and I’ve gone through the friends telling them same sex unions are “gross’ and “unnatural” and all things in between. I have always tried to tell them that love happens to people, no matter who they love and all will be OK in the end. I think same sex marriage (unions, whatever), adoption (multiracial or whatever) and “natural” kids are all great and ALL make great families. And that librarians are the key to helping any and all viewpoints understand one and other. Let’s hope we keep doing our jobs as well as we should.

JF

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