FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for August 21, 2023

Game of Thrones is not the best way to learn about sex.

She should be talking less about sex and more about relationships— things like what a healthy relationship looks like, how to identify red flags, how to set and maintain boundaries, what to do if you get in a bad situation, etc. Those are things no TV show is going to teach them.

and suddenly quantum physics sounds easier

If it was today: “let’s talk about your gender identity “

Read the Bible kid. There’s all kinds of sex, violence, slavery and corruption in there; particularly in the Old Testament.

Andy tell her what you really think. “All Bees are scum.”

I thought she’d already started high school?

Lesson 40: Forget everything network TV taught you

I wouldn’t worry, Andy. The only boy to show a serious interest in Paige is a little geek she doesn’t like at all.

Peter, OTOH…

The sensible thing to do is to start having an ongoing conversation by kindergarten, when they think it’s silly and gross but don’t think it’s embarrassing and weird. You talk about kissing, you talk about babies, you talk about how you can always tell people not to touch you – if you wait until middle or high school, you’ve really put it off.

It is up for debate which of the Fox kids had it worse in this arc.