Kids and adults using lame names like ‘flower’ instead of vagina and ‘wee wee’ instead of penis make me cringe, like yeah, I got pregnant because someone stuck their wee wee in my flower… How’s that going to make sense to anyone who has English as a second language?

Cheers – Lui.

SInce they had heard the word vulva, just like nose and eyes, they didn’t feel the need to tell anyone about it whenever they were around other kids just like they didn’t point out that they other kids have eyes and noses.

If you wait until your child is a toddler, they are going to share their new information, they’ve went all of this time with an unnamed or different named body part, now they know what it is and they may want to share it with the world. If they do say something in public, say, “Yes, he is a man and he has a penis.”, or “Yes, she has a vulva because she’s a girl.”, and go one with what you were doing. Within a day or two it will pass as long as no one makes a big deal about it. If you respond by: yelling, laughing, being embarassed and telling them not to talk about that in front of other people, you are giving them signals about their sexuality.

Many people grow up thinking that their sexual organs are somehow shameful or “bad”. It might not seem like a big deal, now. But when they are teenagers or young adults, it can have emotional effects on how they feel about themselves and their bodies.

If you didn’t teach them when they were first learning their other body parts, then, a few days of embarrassment is worth it if it means an emotional healthier child.

Kristina Brook – You obviously don’t get the joke, perhaps you should lurk more.

Mama – heh he I like that.

Bettis – nice first thought …. and next thought. Made me laugh