You can take an online course. Or you can just hitch a ride with me.

It is becoming evident that Number 3, Number 4 and I are going to have many of life’s most serious conversations on the 7-minute drive to school or the 6-minute drive to swim practice.

I’m getting pretty good at them.

A couple weeks ago we revisited the Where do babies come out of? question.

(In case you missed it, you can read about that one here).

A few days ago we analyzed Pink’s True Love.

Last night as we pulled out of the driveway, Number 3 asked me, “Mom? What are drugs?”

Ooof.

I told them that there are two kinds of drugs.

Good ones and bad ones.

That medicine is actually a drug, and it can help you get better if you are sick, but that you only take those kinds of drugs if your mom or dad or a doctor give them to you.

I told them that the bad drugs are illegal, and that they can actually make you sick.

That they can hurt your body, and that they change the way your brain works.

Then, there was a rapid fire series of questions.

Does Alex Rodriquez do drugs?

Does Miley Cyrus do drugs?

What are steroids?

How many drugs are there?

How long do drugs last?

What should I do if someone tries to give me drugs?

I answered their questions as best I could.

As I pulled into the parking lot of the Y, I explained that sometimes when you do drugs, your brain tells you to make unhealthy choices, and that sometimes you don’t even remember what those choices were.

“So if you did drugs and then made your lunch, YOU WOULD PACK LIKE 20 COOKIES IN THERE AND NOT EVEN REMEMBER IT???” yelled Number 4.

“Yes. Exactly,” I said to Number 4. “Unhealthy choices just like that.”

And that wrapped up our lesson on drugs.

So…

Where do babies come from? conversation.

Check.

Marriage conversation.

Check.

Drugs conversation.

Check.

Next week I’ll cover menstruation in under 5 minutes.

If anyone wants to carpool, just let me know.