Careful, they can be used as deadly weapons.

Hmm.

Love this movie. But a better parallel is that boys have a penis and girls have a vulva. I cringe when I hear people telling little girls that they go pee-pee with their vagina. Not unless they have a severe medical condition they don't!

My mom, a nurse, took the same tack. I shocked lots of ladies at church because I was an early talker. She didn't care. Correct words are correct.

Yes! The truth prevents fainting attacks too.

I have 2 sons, so I hear the word penis about 876554687656 times a day. I'm used to it. But one day, when my oldest was 5, we had just walked into the grocery store, literally standing in the middle of the produce, and he goes "So, how do babies get IN your belly?" like we had just been discussing it (which we…

When my daughter was four she asked what her "front butt" was called. And I told her that it was her labia. And she said, "LABIA?!!? THAT'S a STUPID name! I'm gunna call it HOT LAVA instead." After I died from trying to choke back the laughter, I reminded her we don't say stupid.

Hahahaha that is amazing! Ewww, the idea of a metaphor for sex even possibly being mistaken for a roast dinner is so gross! The class is especially great because it is mostly first years, many of whom have not had sex, and most of whom are not super experienced. So there is a lot of silly posturing and really…

Yeah, it's disgusting. It reminds me of a caterpillar that smells like smegma.

We took the same approach with Little and it's been beautiful. She's 14 and fully comfortable talking about her period, even in front of her step-dad and to her boyfriend. Someone at school whispered to her that her bra strap was showing, so she stood up and shouted "OMG EVERYBODY: my bra strap is visible! Yes, I have…

Imma let you finish, but we all know Pluto was never a planet by modern or ancient definition.

Good job mom! I never understood why parents wouldn't want their kids to know the proper terms. Especially important if the children are ever (god forbid) assaulted and need to be able to say what happened to them. A child saying "they touched my vagina" leaves no room at all for doubt as to what happened, compared…

I actually taught an ESL lesson (all adults) in which we went over every conceivable nickname for genitals and secondary sex characteristics. Two of my students at the time were doctors, one from Cuba another from Algeria, who were studying to pass the American board exams and they wanted to make sure that they would…

agreed! mine shouted "the strap is hurting my penis!" when his carseat was buckled wonky. and then "it's not funny!" when i laughed.

Ironically, she can learn all day long at school already about Saturn and Venus and distant planets that for all intents and purposes will never be real to her

I'm sending this to my cousin. She insists on telling her toddler that her vagina is called her "body" and now the kid is so confused and freaked out when people use body to mean what it actually does that it is sad and potentially extremely dangerous. Not to mention, it is utterly disturbing on many levels to reduce…

BAM. All the stars to you today Tracy, all the stars!!