“Where did the calves come from?” was the question my child asked that led to one of the most awkward conversations I have ever had.
It was my first effort at discussing sex and marriage (through the medium of cows). Conversations with children are often surprising and quite frightening because they do not tend to go along the neat routes adults follow.
Listen to Moses as he gave his final sermon on the edge of the Promised Land. It is extraordinary that straight after the “most important commandment” comes his instruction to deliberately have these impromptu conversations with children.
