Private parts

I call it a “noo nee” 😅😅

SEE WITH MY KIDS I CALL THEY PRIVATE PARTS BY EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE. FROM A YOUNG AGE I'VE ALWAYS TAUGHT MY KIDS THIS FOR ALL TYPES OF SAFETY REASONS

Use the correct term. Teach them young ☺️

Moo moo

In the US, we say wipe your bottom.

Just use vulva or vagina. It’s really important for kids to know correct terms for their genitals. To them it’s just another word. My son says penis the same way he says feet or shoulders. Hopefully no type of abuse will ever happen to your child, but if so, knowing the correct terms will help safe adults be able to intervene if they can understand what’s going on. You can also start teaching about privacy and consent now as well! Anytime we give my son a bath I remind him that his penis and butt are private and only for him and go over how we do help him to wipe or his teachers at school can help him wipe but just start that discussion asap so it gets ingrained at a young age.

Teach them the correct terminology. As mentioned above, it is hugely important to teach them the correct terms for their genitalia. Even at a young age. My LB calls it a willy or a gina at 2.

We call it her teapot lol.

I'm just calling it all her bum just now. Wipe her bum, wipe the front, wipe the back.

Id teach them the correct term.

Vulva is not a bad word

Use the correct terms, penis or vagina

My little boys say penis. I would never say anything else. It's what it is.

Vagina. Or sometimes Gina for short lol

Kids should absolutely know the correct terms for their private areas. Nicknames for it is weird

Correct terms only

They have a right to know and understand the correct terms of their bodily anatomy

I say peepee. But she also knows the correct terms, helps me in case she tells anyone that she’s being touched and they know what exactly she means and not confused or overlooked if it’s a word they don’t associate with that body part.

We say private parts (or parts for short) and penis. I get that we should use anatomically correct terms but we use bum or buns instead of gluteus Maximus because that’s just a bit too much of a mouthful considering how much we end up talking about butts farts etc with a 3 year old boy 😂

Yeah I’d use the normal terms. But when wiping I might say something easier. Like booty or the front or something. For my son we are saying penis but also pee pee because that’s where pee comes out

“Wipe your vagina/vulva” don’t sugar coat things. I teach my kids the proper terms and my son’s teachers praise me for it because they can understand what he’s saying if he said his penis is bothering him etc. I find it weird and gross to nickname a body part…

You need to use the correct words. Penis vagina & bum. I’ve heard so many horror stories of kids calling their private areas stupid names like ‘cookie’ & so many reports of SA have been missed due to this. The best thing you can do as a mum in this day & age is call them the correct name. There’s a website called NSPCC & it has something called PANTS on it. Look it up it’s amazing for kids and very easy to learn! There’s a book you can get on it too. My daughter started learning this @ 2/3 and she’s nearly 5 now and is so clued up! I feel safer knowing she understands so that if anything was to happen, she knows it’s wrong etc! Bit deep but I just feel like every child should be made aware xxx

Thank you everyone. I’ll start using the correct terms. I was never taught them, so I feel like I struggle, but it should be taught that way

Please teach your kids the proper words. It’s really really important for them to know the correct words. There was a case where a young girl was being abused but because she wasn’t taught the correct term, and just a random word, no one knew what she was trying to tell people. Wipe your bum, and then use vagina/penis.

The correct anatomical terms. So vulva.

I was never told them, my mum called mine a noo nee and never had an issue knowing it’s a vagina now. Let kids be kids sometimes. If they point to there privates and say someone touched my noo nee I know what it would mean. Shaming other parents for calling it a tea pot is not very fair. Parents Judge other parents too much nowadays. When you should support them!

@Joanne the logic ur trying to use in the beginning is survivorship bias it’s a logical error. She’s actually being caring by letting her know hey this can be dangerous please consider switching to this method. As years progress we find more and parenting methods change. We now know the importance of correct anatomical names.

@Joanne SUPPORT IS COMMON BUT NOT TELLING YOUR CHILD THE PROPER NAMES OF THEIR OWN BODIES ISN'T THE RIGHT WAY TO GO ABOUT THIS.

Buttocks works too