I honestly have no idea where I learned about sex. My mom never talked to me about any of it (strict Catholic upbringing, here, where sex does not exist unless you're married) and the only sex ed I remember getting in school was teaching us about periods in fifth grade. I suppose it was from movies and TV shows, so I definitely would have been better off with something like this.
When my sister and I first met my stepmom (when we were 10 and 12), she laid out the expectations right away. She said, "I'm not going to try and be your mom, I have three kids of my own and they are enough for me, but if we respect each other we'll get along just fine." Now, 17 years later, we have a great relationship and have never had any drama, I think because she made sure we understood her role and that she didn't want to replace anyone in our lives, just be an addition to it.
That's what I always think when the Project Runway designers have to work with quote-unquote "real people" and complain the whole time. If you can't make a "real person" look as good as a model, then you're not a very good designer.
Wait, so Jenelle was the one who gave her mom her baby to take care of even though her mom didn't want him either, and now they're fighting for custody of him? I really hoped after that show that the mom had given him up for adoption to a caring family that actually wanted him. It's sad to see that he's still in that terrible situation even if they both all of a sudden "want" him.
And yet, in the middle of Indiana, not ONE candidate identified him or herself as pro-choice. This article gives me some hope, but the reality is we have a really long way to go.