This conversation caught my attention tonight on the way home from church tonight…Two young girls, ages 7 and 10, talking about “how babies get here”:
10 yr old, very matter of fact, says, “The mom and the dad go out to a garden and plant a seed.”
(That’s all I knew about having babies when I was her age. Do you think she really believes it?)
7 yr old, quite vehemently responds, “No-oo! The dad doesn’t have ANYTHING to do with it! You see, it all starts like this…a boy and girl meet. He asks her out on a date, on a lot a dates. Then they get engaged, then they get married. Then the mom has these little, tiny eggs in her and she has the babies. Then... they all live happily ever after!”
Is it lying as long as I don’t affirm her statement? (hmmmm…our Sunday School lesson is coming back to me today. What would Sis. Campbell say?)
“Nice fairytale!” I interject.
And the 7 yr old, voice full of exasperation, replies, “Mom, it’s not a fairytale. It’s real life!”
Please tell me I have a few years until I have to tackle the facts…
