"Whaaat?", I said.
"Drew. Is. Playing. With. His. Garbage.", Cameron said as though I were a small child who wasn't getting it. I wasn't.
"What garbage is he playing in?"
"You know," Cameron said, "his privates?"
"Oh, you mean his junk?"
"Yeah."
I guess I should clarify that Drew is two and was in the bathtub. What two-year-old boy doesn't explore the floaties in the tub?
My concern was over the term Cameron used. We don't beat around the bush here - we call a penis a penis, and having no little girls, we've never had to use the word vagina. But there have been a few times when I was changing Trent's diaper and told him to quit grabbing his junk, (because Trent's favorite thing to do is anything that he knows is bad, and he knows it's bad to grab his poo-covered goods while I'm trying to wipe his bum). So I guess the "junk" term came from me.
We are a crass generation, are we not?
So what words do you use with your kids? Do you teach them anatomically correct terms or do you use other names for their "junk"?
We have 2 boys & a girl so the talk is pretty free flowing on this subject. We refer to girl parts at "privates" & boy parts as a penis, among many other things.
ReplyDeleteWe use correct names for everything, because I don't see the point in giving things cute-little babytalk names. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, and calling a penis a "wee-wee" doesn't change it into something nicer! However, for some reason I have never been able to bring myself to tell my kids the right name for breasts. We don't even say "boobs" or anything else. I just say it's my "chest." I'm not sure why the hang-up.
ReplyDeletePopped in to say hi from SITS! We don't have kids yet, but I cringe every time my husband uses crass terms.
ReplyDeletePenis and Vagina are the prefered terms - I have heard.... Nucks, weiner, vajayay, Kuzee, bobahs, tah-tahs, Mr. Happy, pocket hog, old reliable, the unit, man toy, jism maker, purple helmet warrior, etc...
ReplyDeleteI prefer using the proper names for things because, like Erin, I don't see the point in using other terms or names. It's the proper name, so what's the problem with using it?
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, my husband doesn't share this same philosophy and has taught our boys to call their penis their "wee-wee" Ugh.
Ah, I had to chuckle when I read this. I remember once when C-boy was three he told a nice lady at church that his little brother had marbles in his pants just like him..only his little brother's marbles were more like peas! I loved the look on her face.
ReplyDeleteAnyhoo...we usually just say penis. Or p.p.!
HAHA! Oh, I really can't wait to have kids. Like, seriously.
ReplyDeleteMy little sister calls her part her cha-chi.
I've never really been a huge fan of the word penis. It's just, ugly. Fitting, I guess.