The number 69 wasn't just a favorite number for our generation.  It also doesn't easily make sense to a 5th grader who is still grappling to understand vaginal penetration as intercourse, let alone why he has to get glasses. So, without the internet, sex coach, or sexually-liberal parents, I found a free and anonymous resource to use that explained what 69 is. 1-800-TAMPONS. Through the payphone outside of school as I waited for my parents to pick me up.  I don't think this was the intent of Procter & Gamble's toll-free line, but it was the closest resource I had who understood how vulvas work, and the toll-free operator was comfortable teaching a pre-pubescent boy how sex works.

I had many conversations with those operators (including topics I'm too embarrassed to share with ALL my subscribers). I shared what I learned, as VALIDATED, on the fields at recess. It wasn't abuse, or inappropriate, in my opinion (and therapy). It was taking advantage of tech for the sake of expanding my cognitive architecture at the age of 10.

I'm still doing it. But this time with AI and social media. And my parents haven't arrived to pick me up yet. 😅