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Dear Ann Landers,
ast Sunday our family drove over one hundred miles to visit my brother, his wife, and their newborn son. Midway through dinner, my sister-in-law left the table to take care of her infant. When we finished the meal, she called 110 for us to come and say good-bye. I almost fainted when I saw she was breast-feeding her baby. Since then, our children, who are eleven, nine, seven, and five years of age, have been bothering me with questions about sex. I am furious with my sister-in-law for placing me in this embarrassing position. I hadn't figured on mentioning sex to my children until they were older. This stupid woman knew we were leaving for home right after dinner. Why couldn't she have waited an-other thirty minutes to nurse her baby? I'd like to take this matter up with her, but I don't know what to say. Will you please lambaste her for rudely leaving the table and behaving in this repulsive manner in front of my children?-Disgusted
Dear Disgusted,
If your children don't know how life begins and how infants are nourished by their mothers, it's time they learned. You say you planned on telling them when they were "older." How much older? Ask your doctor for some litera-ture to guide you. And get going, or you'll have four kids who are as mixed up as you are, lady.