The age of kids 'exploring' these days really amazes me. At that age, I'd be curious, but it wasn't 'interesting' the way it is now, if that makes sense. I 'explored' at 14 in online games, but that was an interesting sort of 'education'... but if I had a kid that age doing things like that with people online I'd freakin' flip.

Still, I didn't need any kinda 'talk' from my parents. Later on, I got hold of the "Guide to Getting it On" (google it, awesome book) and I'm still pretty convinced a lot of peoples' lives would be better off if they read that book when they were coming of age.
As far as girls maturing super fast... I was one of those girls that was a 'late bloomer' (probably right on cue) but there were plenty of girls in my class around 11-12 who were hitting puberty, 13 year olds talking about sex...

. So weird. I wonder if it has anything to do with hormones in the water supply/food/etc. Until I was 16, I was waaaay more interested in video games and hunting/fishing than anything from that adult sorta realm.
I know. I was shockingly innocent.
