Do you teach correct anatomical names? - Page 2

[Aura_Kitten]

everything worth noting has already been mentioned here. but, i must add:

"During pregnancy, the ultrasound technician called it a cheeseburger," says one mother, "but I don't want [my daughter] to have to think about her vagina every time she pulls up to a drive-thru."

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[stafl]

Originally Posted by philomom

We always used the real names. If any one tries anything with my kids ; at least they will have the language to tell me what the other person touched.


I do not use vagina. When I change clothes in front of the kids, they might see my "lips" but not my vagina. It's tucked neatly away. No one sees that but your midwife and your lover. My dd knows she has one but we use LABIA and VULVA for everyday.

It chaps me to hear a little girl talking bout her 'gina. I mean, that just not correct.

But the hole the baby comes out of is not the vulva or the labia, and that was what my DD was asking about. It is the birth canal, the vagina. I think the specific questions were "how did Daddy fertilize your egg?" and "how does the baby come out?"

[4evermom]

My ds also asks very specific questions about where he came out of me. He was with me in the ER when I went during a miscarriage, in the fall. He's been trying to "examine" me ever since!