Why is The Talk referred to as ';The Birds and the Bees';?

What is it about the birds and the bees? Why don't parents just tell their kids what sex is instead of calling it weird names?Why is The Talk referred to as ';The Birds and the Bees';?
I am very open with my kids. I use correct terms and I don't tell lies. I do however only tell them what they ask for, I don't offer additional information.





As for the actual terms and where it came from, this is what I found on the net, not sure if it helps or not...





';Where exactly ';the birds and the bees'; originated nobody knows, but word sleuths William and Mary Morris hint that it may have been inspired by words like these from the poet Samuel Coleridge: ';All nature seems at work ... The bees are stirring--birds are on the wing ... and I the while, the sole unbusy thing, not honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing.'; Making honey, pairing ... yes, we can definitely tell what Sam had on his mind.





';The Morrises offer the theory that schools in years past taught about sex by ';telling how birds do it and how bees do it and trusting that the youngsters would get the message by indirection.'; Right. Luckily for the perpetuation of the species, there's always been Louie in the schoolyard to explain how things really worked';.





HTHWhy is The Talk referred to as ';The Birds and the Bees';?
i think the situation of having to talk to kids about sex is very difficult for parents...and its easier to talk about it in metaphor
Well, the larger question about why parents don't tell their kids about sex without having to use weird euphemisms is that we're way too puritanical about sex in America. People get the willies when they talk about their willies, so they have to find other ways to talk about it...





As for why it's called ';the birds and the bees';, it's from a Cole Porter song called ';Let's Do It';. Considering Cole Porter's own shady personal sex habits, it's kind of ironic.





Here are the lyrics, if you care:





Let's Do It


(Cole Porter)





When the little bluebird


Who has never said a word


Starts to sing Spring


When the little bluebell


At the bottom of the dell


Starts to ring Ding dong Ding dong


When the little blue clerk


In the middle of his work


Starts a tune to the moon up above


It is nature that is all


Simply telling us to fall in love





And that's why birds do it, bees do it


Even educated fleas do it


Let's do it, let's fall in love





Cold Cape Cod clams, 'gainst their wish, do it


Even lazy jellyfish do it


Let's do it, let's fall in love





I've heard that lizards and frogs do it


Layin' on a rock


They say that roosters do it


With a doodle and a cock





Some Argentines, without means do it


I hear even Boston beans do it


Let's do it, let's fall in love





When the little bluebird


Who has never said a word


starts to sing Spring spring spring


When the little bluebell


At the bottom of the dell


Starts to ring Ding ding ding


When the little blue clerk


In the middle of his work


Starts a tune





The most refined lady bugs do it


When a gentleman calls


Moths in your rugs they do it


What's the use of moth balls





The chimpanzees in the zoos do it,


Some courageous kangaroos do it


Let's do it, let's fall in love





I'm sure sometimes on the sly you do it


Maybe even you and I might do it


Let's do it, let's fall in love