"Mom, where do the babies come out and where does the pee come from?" my daughter asks. I'll start explaining right away, after all this is a good moment. Our daughter is 9 years old, what I can now explain about sex is heard. She still thinks I'm cool and hangs on my every word. When she's only a teenager and I'm "boomer" (ie uncool), the train has left.

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