No Sweat

My number #1 son has secretly aged without my permission. When did he go from a tiny toddler to a tall, handsome, joyful pubescent? What I mean is that I have suddenly become aware that the time has come for him to start taking showers everyday. Perhaps it's the fact that he's recently started into middle school. So when I requested that he take a shower this morning he protested, "I just need to take one every other day. I didn't have PE yesterday." Apparently he thinks that just because he is not sweating profusely there is no need to shower. I'm trying to explain to him that he is entering puberty and sweat glands are starting to develop and that he doesn't even have to try it just happens. But it's not that simple. There's an emotional shift that's occuring too. He's beginning to realize that his body is changing and I'm beginning to realize that my little boy is becoming a young man.