Yeah, see, in theory, I agree with the "Teach the proper names," school of thought. In practice, that can lead to chicken vagina moments. When they were of the blurt stage, I would use the word "privates" hoping it would also manage to get across that (it's so scary to be a parent) nobody had a right to their genitalia, in case they encountered predators.
I taught Julia the word vagina probably when she was about three, but she generally still uses privates. The boys were taught the word penis at some point, mostly to counteract someone calling it a "pee pee" or something. Being boys, they love the word penis (and, of course, the entity penis).
We tend to use bum as the term for their hindquarters, although they've since picked up the word butt, I try to discourage it.
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Date: 2005-03-07 06:07 pm (UTC)I taught Julia the word vagina probably when she was about three, but she generally still uses privates. The boys were taught the word penis at some point, mostly to counteract someone calling it a "pee pee" or something. Being boys, they love the word penis (and, of course, the entity penis).
We tend to use bum as the term for their hindquarters, although they've since picked up the word butt, I try to discourage it.