Caitlin V

So yeah, we do want to reach them.

Yeah.

And there are people doing some incredible work on educating folks who are under the age of 18.

And there are all kinds of excellent resources that are age appropriate because, you know, it's not, we talk about like the talk or the birds and the bees, but it's not a single conversation.

Right.

Oh, really?

Yeah.

I insisted on it because I was like, I was like this when I was younger.

Yeah.

You know, it went great, actually, because because, you know, I demanded it because I was already hearing it from other people.

So people's older siblings, my friends in middle school, you know, they were they were sharing details.

And so I went to my mom and I said, we need to talk and I need you to confirm that this is true or not.

And she was like, you know, she heard out everything that I had heard and said, like, that's true.

And that's not really true.

And that shouldn't be true for people your age.

And

you know, if you have any additional questions, I think she was shocked at how early that came up for me.

I think she was hoping that it had not yet.

And it was actually way late.

It would have been nicer to have that conversation with her instead of like piecemealing it together.