Family Life, part 3: Round Up

This has been an interesting round for Family Life. This year the boys asked thoughtful questions and also taught me a few things. It never ceases to amaze me to hear/read some of the things they come up with. The language they are using must be indicative of the environment and culture that surrounds them. While some of the questions they ask are standard and predictable, some of them are nothing short of bizarre and off-the-wall! This installment includes the wrap-up of some of the loose ends of the unit and also questions brought up when we had an RN come in as a guest speaker to talk about the birth process --from after conception through birth. We also discussed the Swine Flu a bit, as the school system gave us our own bottle of hand sanitizer along with a public release statement about the way to prevent or reduce the risk of spreading the virus. (what next, condoms?) There aren't any new words or terminology included in this installment, but there are some questions that did test my ability to keep focused and not lose it! Again, please note that for the most part, I have edited the responses to de-emphasize spelling and grammar issues (unless it adds to the interest of the response) so the content of the material here is the focus. For one thing, I have noticed that the kids spell penis many different ways, so in many cases, I have left the spelling the way it is. See how many different ways you can find!

1. After erections, when your ejaculate and have orgazam, is your penis soft?
2. What is a G-string?
3. Is the word pussy slang for vagina?
4. What does sexually active mean?
5. Do you get an erection, ejaculation and then orgasm and what are the differences?
6. There's a hockey team that is called the Washington CAPITALS and they are having a Beard-a-Thon
7. Is there a way you can shave the pubic area?
8. Is your peanis hurting a part of puberty?
9. How can a peenis get excited.
10. How do your balls get hard when you see a hot girl?
11. Can you die from the flu?
12. Can you get the flu if you touch the tissue box and someone else gets up and touches it too?
13. How do you shave the penis hair?
14. I know that the same thing happens to dogs like the erection.
15. If you are gay, how do you have kids with a man? but I'm not gay.
16. Does it hurt if your penis gets an erection and your penis gets bent?
17. Where do babies come out: the vagina or the butt hole?
18. Do girl's vaginas have sweat?
19. Why do girl's boobs grow bigger than ever?
20. Why do boys want to see girls boobs?
21. If a girl sees something exciting, do their vaginas get big?
22. Why do boys bodies have a penas?
23. Do boys eyes get big when you are going through puberty?
24. Is sperm the white stuff in your penis?
25. How are triplets born?
26. Don't eggs take 10 months after having sex?
27. What if your balls start burning because of soap?
28. What is a tampon?
29. If the girl uses all of her eggs, can she still get pregnant?
30. If an animal's blood gets in your body, can you still get HIV?
31. When men lose their hair, can it grow back?
32. How do twins happen when 1 egg [is there]?
33. What produces hormones?
34. Can you have sex while having an erection?
35. Why do some men have men boobs?
36. If your balls get cut, can sperms leak out? [my personal favorite question here!]
37. Why do some women have beards and mustaches?
38. What if you accidentally pee in a girl's vagina while having sex?
39. What is a dooshbag?
40. Can you have only one testicle?
41. Why are babies bald when they are born?
42. As you grow and you have hair on your penits, do you cut off the hair there?
43. When does puberty become the strongest? At what age do most of the things happen?
44. If you have sex before the HIV has shown up in your blood, because it takes about 6 months to show up in the blood, will you get HIV?
45. On which part of the body do you grow hair the most?
46. Can you force sperm out like pee?
47. What happens when you . . . have sex when you still have the baby in your stomach?
48. How do you ejaculate the sperm?
49. Will we grow hair in our pubic area?
50. when semen mixes with the egg, a baby is made, right?
51. How would you know it is not pee if the water broke?
52. What is the cervix?
53. What does it mean to get the tubes tied?
54. Can the baby still be in the woman's stomach if it died?
55. Do twins come out at the same time?
56. Can the baby eat anything?
57. What do you need a C-section for?
58. Does the woman feel weird when the baby is coming out?
59. What if the baby is too fat and cracks the mama's rib cage?
60. What if the baby is born butt first?
61. What is the string in the baby's belly button?
62. What is labor?
63. So, the baby comes out in 40 weeks?
64. Why can't you remember anything when your a baby? (in the stomach)
65. How do you know when the baby is full when it's eating?
66. If there are twins, where would they be?
67. Isn't it true that sometimes when a baby is born that after the mom could get sick?
68. How long does it take to recover? [from labor]
69. What does labor mean and what happens to the woman?