The Birds and the Bees and the Flowers...

Today I attempted to have the sex talk with my 12 yr old. It's not like we haven't talked about it before, but I have really been bothered by the way sex and love are portrayed in tv and movies, so I wanted to have a follow-up convo about it. I started out by saying something like, "You know that sex should be saved for sharing with someone that you are in love with and not for giving away to just anyone?" He gave me the "I know, mom" look. At that moment my younger daughter piped in. She had heard what we were talking about and matter-of-factly said, "He knows. He already taught us about that." I thought, Oh my lord!" Later, I pressed her for details. I wanted to know what was said and how they got to talking about that! She told me that one day they were looking at a flower and inspecting its parts and they got to talking about it. "Did you talk about love?" I asked. She said, "Yes." I was like, whew! I then pressed further. "What else was said?" She smiled and said, "Mom, I'll tell you when I'm 18."