Mossy’s Blog

So…my 10-year-old son and I are returning home from the barber shop.  We’re listening to the radio and the talk show host mentions sex.

O great, I think, as I’m reminded that I haven’t had The Talk.

Turning off the radio, I casually broach the subject.  “Hey buddy, I suppose we need to have a little talk.”

He turns to me, curious.  “About what?”

“Well, we haven’t had a conversation about the birds & the bees yet.”  I’m wondering what he’s thinking. “You do know what I’m talking about, don’t you?”

As sweet as an angel he replies, “You mean animals and stuff?”

As I’m thinking of a way to respond, he continues.  “We studied about fish in class, and a little about some birds.  We also learned about sedimentary rock and other science.  What I would like to study more is how to keep bees from stinging me.”

How I want to wait until he’s engaged and ready to marry…to delay this conversation, and the subsequent thoughts (and curiosity and experimentation) until some other day.  That his childhood “innocence” would continue for his whole life.

(As a calvinist, I reject the notion of sinless innocence in children, but would note that my use of the word is not in that sense.  Let’s not have a debate over it right now.)

O Lord, strengthen my son.  Please give him a desire for purity, and a heart quick to confess and turn to You. Amen.