A Boy’s First Look at Puberty

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“Your son’s been distracted by girls,” Miss Pelley informed Robert Steven Williams’ mother. “He’s a bit early on the curve. Have you had the birds and the bees discussion?”

The Gentlemen of Paradise

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Carl Pettit finds the mating rituals of the male of the species, avian and human, comically and tragically similar.

How to Talk to Your Kids about Sex

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Start early, and lay the groundwork at each age by answering kids’ questions about sex in developmentally appropriate ways.

The Birds and The Bees and The Filthy, Filthy Bird-on-Bee Sex That Ensued

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Like Adam and Steve before him, Jeremy Feist had been presented his own personal paradise, and he abandoned it in search of the knowledge of where babies come from.