Sarah Jessica Parker Taught Her Son About Sex With a Gardening Metaphor

As Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker was perfectly comfortable discussing sexuality in almost any context. But in her real life as a parent? Not so much. While appearing on Monday’s Late Show, the actress told David Letterman about how she chose to explain “the birds and the bees” to her son, James Wilkie, 13, who was just two at the time.

And let’s just say, it was more of a gardening metaphor than a biology lesson.

“I told him that he had one seed and there was a young woman named Mary who he would meet in sophomore year of college,” SJP told Letterman. “She was going to be very smart and lovely, came from a nice family, and that he would choose Mary to give his seed to. But he had only one.“

Innnnteresting.

"That was the conversation that I had when he was two,” she went on. “I think that’s not such a bad… You know, if you want to talk about principle and honor and choosing wisely; I thought about what I’d like for him, which is that he have one seed and that he should choose wisely.”

If you’re surprised how advanced little JW was for a two-year-old, don’t be. Turns out that when he asked where “babies” come from, he was actually referring to a blankie he had dubbed “Baby.” Either way, it’s kind of adorable.

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