I was walking up the hill I lived on in Honolulu. I kept feeling this weird tickling sensation around my knee—I was wearing bluejeans. I kept kind of scratching at it, figuring it was a loose thread or something with my pants. Finally I just stopped on the sidewalk, reached up my pants leg to see what I could find,…

I grew up in the 1980s, which means that my childhood swing set was made of child-unsafe metal. The top bar of it was actually a long, hollow metal tube that, when yelled into, sounded very much like a megaphone.

Thank you!! I always feel like these types of articles are really condescending. The tone often reads to me as “you’re either cultured and sophisticated like me, or you’re a puritan who’s teaching your kids their bodies are dirty and sinful.”

“Not everything we want privacy for is because we’re ashamed of it.”

I’m white and I binge drink during the day under the guise of ‘doing whatever I want because I’m a damn adult’.

I think you are misunderstanding what ‘I have no account...’ is saying. They are not claiming that there is an absolute proof of innocence, just that it’s fucked up to assume that the employees were racist without any proof. It might be that it was racially motivated, but it might not be. They meant that if there was…

Oh, for crying out loud. You are probably the parent raising that kid that thinks its entitled to everything and has no boundaries. Cool. You do that. But don’t act like kids are beasts from another planet who cannot be taught anything.

Exactly! I am not ashamed of my boobs; they’re kinda nice. But I still don’t want to share them with everyone. I think they’re so special, only a few people can see them.

Please don’t do this. My mother used to pee with the door open and sometimes walk around naked when she got out of the shower. I think she thought I’d be too young to remember. I wouldn’t clean my dick in front of my children. There’s no need to make a point to the world by exposing your children to your private…

I certainly can’t think of any reason why a CEO of a money-making operation would get out in front of wild accusations of racism by accepting full responsibility even if he didn’t necessarily feel it. Nope, not a $ingle rea$on come$ to mind.

Similarly, I think it’s possible to teach kids that genitals are normal and not to be ashamed of, while also teaching them that they are private. Not everything we want privacy for is because we’re ashamed of it.

No. I'm sorry but no. I am definitely on board with explaining bodily functions, using correct terms for body parts, being naked occasionally, etc. But I will also teach my future child the value of privacy and boundaries.

I think it’s possible to teach your kids that genitals are normal and not to be ashamed of, while also teaching them that it isn’t polite or appropriate to call your dad “Mr. Penis Man.”

You find yourself saying things like “you can play with your penis in your room, but not in the living room.”

Those are parents who have been fooled into thinking that if they aren’t there instantly for their child 24/7 that they’re bad parents. I tell them it’s okay to lock the door to take a shit or a quick shower, if you wanna get clean with some privacy that’s how you do it. I can’t help but think it’s a bit of an excuse…

I can always count on a clickworthy headline from you, Tracy.

I can’t think of a single reason to clean out my menstrual cup or wipe away clotted blood from pubes my in front of my children.

I’m all for calling out racism when it exists, but attributing every hurt feeling given to you by a person of another race to prejudice is a losing game on every level.

I’ve gotta reserve judgement here. If there’s been white people being loud and obnoxious and getting a pass, then OK, sue the racist fuckers for all they’re worth.