Way too soon...

Tonight Elizabeth and a friend found hard core porno. I found the web site listed in my history. When I asked Elizabeth what she and her friend were looking at she very matter-of-factly described oral sex for me.

I feel more than a little blind-sided by this. I had been rehearsing and preparing my reaction for when I happened upon her and a friend looking at each other's body parts -- playing doctor or something. But hard core porn never crossed my mind.

I had never turned on the parental controls because she doesn't surf... at least not in the true sense of the word. She goes to Barbie.com and she figured out that there must be a Bratz.com and she figured out how to get there from copying the name off a coloring book and following the www.barbie.com pattern. She plays games at nick.com and cartoonnetwork.com. But she's never done anything that would bring her to a porno site...

I'm at a complete loss for dealing with this. I can't even articlate my confusion and mixed feelings and my fears. I know it's a case of kids-will-be-kids. I know it's best not to make a big deal out of it. But what kind of a deal do I make?

So moms and dads... take heed. I don't care how young your kiddies are; turn on the parental controls now -- before it's too late. Mine are on now.