My sister's a single mother to my nephew who's 14. She bought him a book discussing the whole subject, covering all sexualities and tailored for this age group (in case he's scared to ask questions about that...which he shouldn't be, but kids and adults alike are weird about sex...so...she wanted to cover her bases.) The book is to give him an idea of the nitty gritty of it, in an age appropriate way. She did this so that IF he was too uncomfortable to talk about it, he had something to reference and maybe work up the courage to ask. She told him if he ever had any questions, to not be ashamed or embarrassed to ask her. She hasn't been probing, but she wanted him to know that it's better to ask then to be thrown into a situation and have no idea how to handle himself. From personal experience: Mom was very chill about the whole thing. We were raised Christian, but having been part of the counter-culture, she knows how teens are and didn't just say "absence, absence!" She always told us that there are things beyond getting pregnant to be careful about. Your sons are pretty young...so that's probably not necessary right now. But at some point, it would probably be a good idea to mention safe sex (if it were me, I'd wait until they were older for that.) I'd also wonder where they got the magazine...I don't think they'd have been able to buy that, so it might be a good idea to find out if an adult gave it to them, or another kid. I'd be a bit concerned if an adult bought a 10 year old a dirty magazine. Not trying to cause a scare, but it might not be a bad idea to ask. Hope that helps? I always found just being open and letting me know that I could talk always worked with me as a teen. My dad's the exact opposite: if he'd raised us, who knows how messed up we'd have been. I am sooo thankful Mom was there.

So to make a long story short, my friends are currently stuck in England and I don't have access to a room for the night. I would be willing to pay for dinner tonight and breakfast tomorrow as a thank you, since this was not supposed to happen.

So since I'm always on the hunt for a new, epic JRPG, then who better to ask than the Anime fans that are here! :) I love to think of obscure ones too. Like obviously Final Fantasy is great but have you played Eternal Sonata? Anyway, let's have some fun. Though out your personal favs, not what the industry tells you, but what your heart tells you.

Hi my friends are new to make up and can someone at the con help them do there make up we will bring the stuff we are just in of help with the eyebrows

If you either go to the video game room or board game rooms and just join in with people your bound to make friends, don't worry and have fun

Alright so I got myself into a kinda bad situation. I can no longer attend Anime Midwest this year and I already have a room booked at The Renaissance Hotel. Check in is Friday and Checkout is Sunday. I was going to cancel the reservation, but I waited too long and now it costs $129 to cancel. I’d rather not pay that and not even get anything for it. If someone would like to take my room I’d be happy to give it away. The total for the weekend is $302.89. It is a very nice hotel, it is not on site of the convention but it is nearby, 8-10min drive. If you can’t pay the full $303 let me know what you can do and I will cover the rest as long as it’s not more than $129. I’d just prefer someone gets to use the room as opposed to me paying the $129 cancellation fee and no one even staying there. If you are interested or if you have questions or I don’t respond here quick enough you can email me at eric@oberfrancs.com Thanks guys, I hope I can help one of you out with a room!

Is anyone going to the rave on Saturday night? I'm a newbie going to the con with my husband. He doesn't like to dance and will be gaming at night. I want to check out the rave. Let me know if anyone wants to meet up.