8 Body Conversations I Never Expected to Have with My Son

Long before I was a single mom, I knew I would be the one explaining the body and privacy and sex and health and oozy-fluid stuff to my son. I read up, I talked to other parents, reviewed anatomy illustrations, read some more. While I had a detailed five-tiered sex talk prepared for various stages of age-appropriateness and situation, I didn't really know all of the in-between stuff we'd need to discuss. Here are some bits about those boy bits I am not sure any mom knows she will be discussing. And how often. And in detail. - By Jessica Ashley

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  1. Why his balls aren't actually the bouncy kind
  2. Why all boobs weren't made big
  3. Why people keep asking when he's going to cut his hair
  4. That some kids really do have mustaches (and unibrows)
  5. Why adults say his skin is white when it is clearly peach
  6. How to decide what body parts to shave
  7. Why it is such a big deal we have a President of color
  8. What really gets waxed

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PrevNext
  1. Why his balls aren't actually the bouncy kind
  2. Why all boobs weren't made big
  3. Why people keep asking when he's going to cut his hair
  4. That some kids really do have mustaches (and unibrows)
  5. Why adults say his skin is white when it is clearly peach
  6. How to decide what body parts to shave
  7. Why it is such a big deal we have a President of color
  8. What really gets waxed