My children Liesl, Kurt, Martha and Brigitta are sitting silently in the dentist’s waiting room, filling-out their health questionnaire. Kurt glances up and asks the million dollar question every parent dreams of being asked in public:

“Mommy, what are Cialis and Viagra?”

Me, clearing my throat, thinking very fast: “Drugs. You aren’t taking any.”

Kurt: “What kind of drugs?”

Me, thinking very fast at a G-rated explanation of erectile dysfunction: “They’re for adult males who have sexual problems.”

Liesl: “Gross…”

Martha: “What are adult males? What sexual problems?”

Me: “Males about the age of Daddy?”

Brigitta: “Daddy has sexual problems?”

Liesl: “Oh, look at the time…”

Me, looking at the receptionist in despair: “Isn’t one of the kids due for a cleaning right about NOW?”

Sex-ed in the 21st century: it’s all about opportunities. They are literally everywhere.