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The kids all knew at the end of 5th grade there would be a unit on sex education. Their first-ever serious glance into s-e-x. Some knew a little about sex, others knew nothing. As the time approached for the unit to begin, I told Page one night I was going to tell her about sex in more detail than she and I had discussed before. She knew about ovaries and menstruation and such, and a little about the egg needing to be fertilized by sperm, but not much else. I thought she would like to be informed in advance and not be surprised in class. Well, I was wrong. She adamantly protested “NO!” saying she would learn about it at school. I asked if she wouldn’t rather be in-the-know in the classroom, as surely some kids would be. Still, N-O. So I let her alone to learn about the specifics at school.