Time to Homeschool

Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. I'm actually pretty content knowing it didn't happen until now. Or maybe it did and I just didn't know.


We have heard all sorts of potty words come out of Aubrey's mouth since she started kindergarten. Most of them we just laugh for a minute and then get serious and say, "we don't say that." Now, this time, I am starting to wonder.... We were jumping on the trampoline having a great time when I saw dozens of lovebugs stuck in the net of the tramp. So I went over and starting flicking them off with my fingers. Horrified, Aubrey yells to me, "Mom stop!" And I was confused because Aubrey is not a friend to bugs and I didn't know why she would object. I said, thinking she didn't understand, "Aubs, they're BUGS!" And she said, as if I didn't know, "mom, they're making a BABY!" (and she was clearly horrified, as I said, that I was disturbing them in that job.) I was sort of flabbergasted and speechless for a second, knowing that surely I had not told her that. But who did and what exactly did they say? Aubrey answered my question really before I could ask, she must have known she was talking about something she didn't really understand, and she simply said "Jacob in my class told me." Well, Jacob, whoever you are, what you said was quite enough, thankyouverymuch. I know they're called lovebugs, and essentially, that was a good simple explanation, but it was just sort of disturbing to hear that from my daughter. We really haven't had The Talk, we've sort of just talked about things as we go. But it's times like this I remember she is going to school with kids of all different backgrounds, with parents that sometimes have different values, and a lot of them have older siblings that they learn about things from. It's so important to teach Aubrey right and wrong now, so she knows ahead of time, and I need to try to be the kind of parent Aubrey feels comfortable asking questions to, so she doesn't have to find out from her friends or the internet or somewhere else. It kind of freaks me out. I feel like I was sheltered growing up and I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I would like Aubrey to be the same way. So, how do I do that and still send Aubrey to public schools? It's not like this was an earth-shattering experience or anything, but it just got me thinking...