slamjet Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 So I'm on the phone with my ex talking business as she was waiting in the car for the kids. My boy (10 years old) opens the door and say's "Mom, what's puberty?" I haven't laughed that hard in over a year. Mom immediately said that she doesn't know what boy puberty is so he needs to ask his dad. So later, he calls me and asks "dad, what's puberty?" Seems like they had a discussion about it in his school. But what they didn't do was go into a whole lot of detail. Instead, they informed them it was going to happen, gave them a pamphlet about it (including questions to ask), threatened them all with school suspension if they are caught talking about it with other students, and told them they are only to talk to their parents about it. Now I didn't do the "birds and the bee's" thing with my girls. That I left to mom. But he had a list of questions to ask me from that pamphlet and other curiosities. Including the "the sperm and the egg collide, but how do they get together to collide?" So now my boy is a little bit wiser, my teenage daughters are more freaked out because now he "knows", he's looking forward to a deep voice and lot's of muscles and has drilled into his head that Heavenly Father made us this way, and we are not allowed to mess with this unless we are married. Period. What a flipp'n strange day in parenthood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefche Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 So, what is puberty, slam? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 Beefche, my five-year-old just came in, saw your avatar, and said, "I like that cow licking the grass." So know that you are appreciated by those with finer taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slamjet Posted September 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 So, what is puberty, slam?When my boy starts to sound more like me, and girls are no longer icky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 When my boy starts to sound more like me, and girls are no longer icky."Puberty" is composed of three words:"Pew", which represents how certain body parts start to smell"Bert", the lower-voiced of the two muppets, indicating a change of vocal pitch"Tea", representing how you start hoping the girl next door invites you to her tea parties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMGuy Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 "Puberty" is composed of three words:"Pew", which represents how certain body parts start to smell"Bert", the lower-voiced of the two muppets, indicating a change of vocal pitch"Tea", representing how you start hoping the girl next door invites you to her tea partiesI need to remember that one!-RM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMinja Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 "Puberty" is composed of three words:"Pew", which represents how certain body parts start to smell"Bert", the lower-voiced of the two muppets, indicating a change of vocal pitch"Tea", representing how you start hoping the girl next door invites you to her tea partiesThat list doesn't really work for females though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 That list doesn't really work for females though... Not necessarily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
applepansy Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 I remember the days my boys asked me. Thank you for the reminder and the laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMinja Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 Not necessarily. I keep coming back to this and trying to think of how that actually works for females, but I just can't get it. Maybe I'm dense, lol. I, of course, understand how "Pew" works. Women get stinky too , but I don't see how "Bart" or "Tea" work... Our voices don't change, and we start showing an interest in guys who don't have "tea parties" so.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravin Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 Our voices don't changeYes they do. Female puberty is accompanied by an increase in larynx size which changes the voice. The effect is just much more dramatic (generally) in males. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slamjet Posted October 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 And they get more shrill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMinja Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 Yes they do. Female puberty is accompanied by an increase in larynx size which changes the voice. The effect is just much more dramatic (generally) in males.Hmm... okay, you got me there. Learned something new today . What about the last one though? Still having trouble wrapping my head around a way that one applies to females. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 And they get more shrill.Oh, I don't know about that- they get more cunning and devious with using the shrilly voice. The older they get, the more they learn how to manipulate and use the shrill. My youngest sister uses her voice like a well honed weapon. I refuse to be in the same house as her- with or without hearing aids her voice cuts through me and hurts, really hurts my ears and head. I always expect to have blood running out my ears, nose and eyes when she gets on a verbal tangent. When Mom and Dad were still alive, they were constantly telling her to modulate her voice, sounding like a Shrew is not an admirable goal. If my voice changed at puberty Dravin, then why when I answer the phone, those who aren't that familiar with me ask if my Grandmother is home? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravin Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 (edited) If my voice changed at puberty Dravin, then why when I answer the phone, those who aren't that familiar with me ask if my Grandmother is home?The connections you are trying to make are not obvious, the fact that females' voices change at puberty does not preclude you having a youthful sounding voice. Think of your larynx as a violin when you are prepubescent. Now males, when they hit puberty theirs grows until it is a cello. You have a rather noticeable change in sound between the two instruments. Females, their violin doesn't grow nearly as much at puberty but it does grow, the result is the sound changes but combined with the gradual nature of it, the sheer variety of the human voice, and the smaller scale of the difference it can easily be unnoticed. Edited October 5, 2011 by Dravin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest damonw9 Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 · Hidden Hidden So lately I've been trying to keep my family connected and I found a perfect internet site that has just recently hit the web called familyshare.com it's a lot safer than facebook I think. Anyways for any of you who want to keep connected with your family a little better go and check it out. Link to comment
sister_in_faith Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Even tho this thread was resurrected, I have to say I laughed and laughed when I read it. Totally made my day! Thank you!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sister_in_faith Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Okay, now it looks like I'm the one who brought it back to life! It wasn't me, I promise!!!I've had to do CPR in the field many times, and I haven't saved one yet! Seriously. I don't have a good track record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennarator Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 I know kids are ready at differnt times, but whta age do you think is good to have "the talk" with your kids. My youngest is almost 9 and we have a baby coming, he said there is no way to control when babies come, I said yes there is some control, we were out and busy at the time, but I have not talked to the 10 year old about it. What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Okay, now it looks like I'm the one who brought it back to life! It wasn't me, I promise!!!Some mod removed the offending post, so now neither of our responses make sense. D'oh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennarator Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Wait, would this be considered derailing the topic? If so, never mind I alreadt did that a day or so ago, and feel bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 I know kids are ready at differnt times, but whta age do you think is good to have "the talk" with your kids. My youngest is almost 9 and we have a baby coming, he said there is no way to control when babies come, I said yes there is some control, we were out and busy at the time, but I have not talked to the 10 year old about it. What do you think?I think there is a way to control it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennarator Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 I think there is a way to control it.WHat I mean is you can control when not to have one, but sometimes you want one, and it doesn't happen. And don't tell me you can't control not having one, cuz you can, just might not be as fun.....and you better control that if you are not yet married. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sister_in_faith Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 I thought you guys were talking about how to control having a baby after you are pregnant, I was thinking, how on earth to do you keep a baby from coming out?!? EEK!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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