![]() ![]() "The feelings tell you." It would be nice if it were that simple, and nothing sexual was ever awkward or uncomfortable, or even painful. "How do I know how to move?" says the kid. ![]() I think that the depicted child already has some kind of knowledge about sex, and is asking more for clarification than information. By yourself or with someone." Which really makes it sound like giving somebody a massage is sex. The grandmother then defines sex as, "A thing with bodies. It can't just be a "grown-up thing", like the grandmother suggests, because coffee is a grown-up thing, and the kid can see and talk about that. It's written mostly in a conversational style, with a child of unknown age and indeterminate gender who asks his or her grandmother, "Tell me about sex, Grandma." And the grandmother says, "Well, whattaya want to know?" The kid says, "What's so bad about it?" "Who says sex is bad?" And the kid makes a good point, explaining that nobody lets them see it or talk about it, so it must be bad. ![]() There are a lot of things I like about this book, but it's vague, and some of what it says can be misleading. ![]()
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