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A great book find we found in the local library.

Extract from Amazon.com.

This upbeat picture book, illustrated with sunny cartoon drawings, introduces kids to basic reproductive physiology. Offers simple, accessible definitions of terms, accompanied by pictures of unclothed kids and labeled diagrams of internal organs. Subsequent drawings show three stages of body development from baby to young adult, followed by an abbreviated explanation, illustrated with a heart-shaped drawing of a smiling egg and sperm, of reproduction:

"When a man and a woman love each other and decide that they want to have a baby, a man's sperm joins with a woman's egg. From the egg and sperm, a baby will grow."

The book is more specific about birth:

"The baby will come out of the mother's vagina, which is very, very stretchy."

Saltz presents the information clearly in a cheerful, positive tone, encouraging kids to learn about their private parts and reassuring them that curiosity and touching themselves (in private) is natural.

~ Book cover of Amazing You ~

Princess Chelsea loves this book, and it sparked off many interesting discussions.

A ridiculous discussion follows:

Chelsea: “I want Daddy’s sperms when I grow up.”

Mummy: “Why?”

Chelsea: “I do not have a penis or testicle, so I will not have sperm.”

Mummy: “After you get married, you can get it from your husband.”

Chelsea: “I only want Daddy’s sperms.”

Mummy: “If Daddy gives you his sperms, then it would be incest.”

Chelsea: “Then I want incest.”

Mummy Eliz was stunned, so Daddy Tiong comes to the rescue.

Daddy: “Daddy’s sperms are all for Mummy as we are married.”

Chelsea: “If Mummy takes all your sperms, then I would not have any.”

And sadly, with a crunched up face, Princess Chelsea started crying.

Chelsea: “But I really want a baby… …”

PS:

It is one thing understanding the mechanics of reproduction, another huge lesson is needed to teach the morality of it.