Almost 12 years old.
So innocent.
Passing notes.
After school.
A note between friends.
Innocent at first.
Then those words.
Boys.
Penis.
Sex.
Oh! My! God!
Chelsea had a semester of sex education last year. In the 5th grade. I was ok with it. Now I am not so sure I am.
We talked.
She cried.
I wanted to.
What now?
My baby is not a baby anymore.
16 comments:
first of all thanks for stopping by my blog. i love the idea of popping in on the commenter before you over at the SITStahood that i decided to invite my readers to go and say hello so some of my other readers. so. much. fun.
secondly...i feel your pain. i just blogged about this whole business of growing up the other day. you might have seen my post on Womanhood, A Celebration. It was a tough post for me but the response was overwhelming. i am sure if you had a minute to go read it you could easily relate.
its so nice to find another mom blogger with kids my daughters age. i am adding you to my reader. lets go through this together.
deep breaths.
Oh gosh sweetie... I just... I don't have words. I sure wish I could hug you though, cause I so would.
Oh, man, it's tough as they grow up. I have an almost 12 yr old too, a son, and he's growing up way too fast. Lovely post.
That picture is to cute!
I e-mailed them because I didn't know what to do! She e-mailed me right back.
E-mail them and just ask what to do!
Much Love and thanks for coming by today.
Anissa
There never tell you that the growing pains would be yours:-(
Oh my...
Just the fun stuff we..parents of tween girls get to look forward too..
Last night for instance, Lily was saying how her and her friend were excited about middle school because in the locker room they could see Ausin without his shirt on!!
WHAt!!!!
Sigh...
NEedless to say I had a stiff drink last night...
You could always say the reverse of what I say. I have always told my son that girls were the DEVIL, with the exception of Mommy, Grandma and Aunties !!!!! It hasn't worked as well as I'd thought !!! However he chooses to believe that Jesus, with his magic finger, touched my belly button and uttered the words, "I will now give you a beautiful baby boy to love, cherish and raise in the way of my father." I just about DIED laughing in the exam room waiting for the Dr., to come and check his foot !!!! I told him, as honored as I was that he thought of me in the virginal sense, I had to set him straight. He stopped me and told me he would rather have THAT visual in his head than to actually think of his parents having...........(shhhhh) sex !!!!
Just remember to be calm, open and honest about the whole sitch, so that she will feel comfy chatting about that stuff to you.
Have a great weekend !!!!!
What was the crying for on her part? Was it because she was passing notes and it was wrong or what she wrote?
I think she was crying because she got caught!!!
Oh my gosh, that is scary! I don't know what to say except for when I was her age, my mom frightened the life out of me and told me that whatever I did, wherever I went, she always knew someone who would see me because she knew everyone in our hometown. Which was pretty much true! But she also gave me the whole "you don't have sex until you get married and you love someone" speech which totally screwed me up because when I did have sex and I wasn't married, I thought I was doing something terribly wrong!
Good luck!!!!
Oh god... I dread those talks. I'll be asking YOU for advice a few years down the road.
Dang if it ain't the scariest thing in the world raising girls these days. I remember how naive and innocent I was at 12...not so much anymore. I don't envy you the task at hand. But it sounds like you have a great relationship in that you could talk about it with her. That's what is going to get you through the teen years! Thanks so much for dropping by my blog on my SITS day. It's been great fun meeting so many new people!
Makes me wonder what my 13 year old talks about when I'm not around! I just try to let my girls know that they should feel comfortable coming to me with stuff like that when they have questions. That doesn't mean they will, but try to keep the lines of communication open.
Mmmm, you don't even want me to tell you what I've caught my 12 year old boy doing on soooooo many occasions of late in his bedroom do you??????
Ugh, and so it begins.
I haven't had any issues with my 12 year old daughter yet, she's in 7th grade. But I dread the moment it all begins with her. Which I'm sure is not too far off from now.
But my son on the other hand (16 and a junior), oh the notes and messages some girls have left him have my jaw on the ground.
So scary. It makes me have second thoughts about having one of my own. Those conversations are so hard to have. I was actually talking with a friend Friday about the conversations our parents had with us about sex. There is no easy answer for any of that.
Hugs!
Kelley
Awww, that is so sad!! I don't know what to do with myself... do I lock my 2 year old daughter in her room now, forever??
Oh, her baby picture is SO cute!!!! :)
~Tabitha~
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