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From:
Bob Hester <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
Date:
Sun, 14 Jan 2001 20:47:28 -0600
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Children?   Afew years ago I was asked to speak (& mostly answer questions)
with a university graduate class, something about sexuality &
disabilities.   They didn't seem to have inhibitions either.
BOB


At 02:45 PM 1/14/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Friends,
>
>Yes, I have also had a question like this once too.  I was speaking to a
>fifth grade class and it was right at the time when the teacher was teaching
>sex education, so the children had that on their minds when I visited them.
>One boy even asked me, if I could have a baby.  I actually answered that
>question with thinking up something to say fast, but afterwards the teacher
>called me to thank me for coming in and we had our laughs about that question
>than.
>
>Thanks,
>Anthony
>
>In a message dated 1/14/01 1:34:03 AM Central Standard Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
>
>
> >
> > Hi all!
> >
> > One of my real joys in life, is when I get the chance to go into a
> > class room and talk to a group of kids.  Most of the time, they are so
> > up front about everything!!
> >
> > About 3 years ago, a friend of mine was a teacher's aid for the
> > summer.  She ask me to come in and talk to her class.  So after she
> > introduced me, the first thing I told them was to feel free to ask me
> > anything they wanted about myself.
> >
> > So this one kid stood up and asked a very spasific question about my
> > "privit parts"  Do to the rather graphic nature and content of his
> > question, I won't say much more then that here.  For those of you who
> > would like a more detaled discription of his question, welllll....  It
> > was much more of a concern then a question now that I think about
> > it. HAHAHAHA
> > Anyway, if ya wanna know more, feel free to Email in privit.
> >
> > Anyway, my point to all this, was that his question reminded me just
> > how open and honnest kids can be in these situations.  Time and time
> > again, it's the adults I incounter in my travels who have a hard time
> > with seeing me for who I really am.  AndI'm always amazed whenever I
> > go into a large store or something, how much time and trouble an adult
> > will to go, just so their little ones won't aproach me and start
> > asking questions.
> >
> >

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