Mother of Boys...

I am a mother of three wonderful boys 4,5,and 6. My boys call their privates "wee-wee". Not to vulgar, and works fine.

I'm a teacher as well, and like you am soooooooooooooooo glad it is summer!.

Anyway, I have twin boys 2 1/2 and struggled with this as well. Still am, but what we use is wee wee for the front and booty or hiney for the back. So far so good, though they think the word "booty" is funny, so I say hiney. I explain to them that we only use those words when we actually need to refer to those parts. I don't know if I've choosen the right words...

T.,,,

My son is 3 and going to be 4 in August.... We ( me and his dad ) refer to his "privte parts" as his "Pecker" and his rear end as his "tooshie". ( he hasent asked about the testicals yet.) When he gets older we will tell him the correct name.......... Hope this helps.

We simply call our kids (boys and girls) pee-pee and the backside is their bottom. When we refer to urination we say tee-tee.

OK HERE GOES, I RAISED A SON & HAVE 4 GRANDSONS. WHEN THEY ALL GOT OLD ENOUGH FOR US TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, WE ALL DECIDED THAT THIS WAS THEIR WEE-WEE.
FOR OTHER ADVICE MY DAUGHTER & GRAND DAUGHTERS HAD A 2 2, LIKE TWO TWO.
HOPE THIS WILL HELP A LITTLE.
D.

Hi T.,

I have no sons, but my sister has 1 girl, 4 boys ages 11,9, 7, 5 & 3 months. She and her husband have always used the correct anatomical names for private parts. They speak about their privates just the same as if they were talking about other body parts. Nothing to be embarrassed about!

I will say they do teach the children to talk respectfully and teachthe children that other families may call private parts different names. My sister and her husband teach their children individually so that if the child has a question the other children don't have to get in on the conversation. They teach them age appropriately. The discussions that they have with the 11 yr old are more in depth as he has more questions than the 5 yr old. They want them to be prepared for this world that is ever increasingly less child friendly. They want their children to learn in their loving home the values, morals, ethics, that they desire for their family and to become good members of their community.

Children are such a wonderful blessing!

Hi T. -

I have three boys and I have always called the sexual/private parts their correct names - remember that they will end up getting sex ed in school and there will be the proper names mentioned - I feel that keeping it simple is the best policy. You can later explain that people use other names for those parts too, and what some of those names are - see what they are comfortable with. I find that whatever you use at home, they will use that same term.

Hope this helps - Alli

It's..."a pee-pee" ~ if you have a girl later then it's..."You're girly"!

Lots of laughs with this! Have fun!

I grew up in a house where we always used clinical terms/correct names for EVERYTHING--body parts, body functions, etc. That's what I brought to my children, and I've never experienced any problems with it.

I'm so glad to hear I'm not the only one with this question. I'm a mother of a 10 month boy. When I asked my husband what he thought he just laughed at me and said no sissy names.

All of my children are taught to repond to their personal private areas with appropriate terms. because we do not make a big deal out of it, it is not turned into a gameof how often it can be said in a day.

We also teach them that these parts are their personal private areas and that no one is allowed to look at or handle them in those areas unless it is for a diaper change, a bath, or a doctor's appointment and then only immediate family, care givers or doctors.

Good luck... ;-)

HI T.,

We also have boys & we always use the correct term(s) for everyones privates. It makes it less secret & just not a big deal. Believe me, your son will go through the potty talk phase no matter what, but at least he'll know that the words are no big deal. Our youngest has his own name for his private part that he came up with & we just go with it. Good luck, boys are so different from us girls!!

Hi T. thats really funny, I have a an 8 year old son. When he was little we called "it" his peepee. Then he started calling it his weiner. Now he says his privates. My husband says call it his junk. Oh my, BOYS!! Hope this gives you some insight on this topic. B.

As a teacher, I have always used proper terminology. I hate when people use words like hoo-ha or do-dad.

My son will be three in september, and we call it a hooter. lol

I have a friend who called it "teapot". One day she picked her 4-year-old son up from Sunday School with him in tears because they were singing a song about their privates--"I'm a Little Teapot"....this is what NOT to call it
Personally, I am puzzled by my son who has dropped his pants for grandma to show her that he has wrinkles too!

I am a mom of 2 boys and 1 girl. And I have always called it what it is...A Penis is a Penis, and a Vagina is a Vagina! I have always talked to my children openly and never tried to dodge issues. It may not always be easy but our children need to learn from us not from others on the street. The truth is the truth!
May God Bless You! <><

Hey , I have boys too. But I'm a person who don't believe in
beating around the bush, just tell them the truth,you don't want them learning any thing from anyone other than yourself.Inever told my children anything other than what it really is. Life is not about beating around. I feel that is why we have problems with our children today.

T.
The best thing is to call a spade a spade.
Your son should be told the proper words for his private parts - just as you would teach him the proper word for his finger or arm.
Penis, testicles, bottom - and tell him also that no-one is allowed to touch them as they belong to him alone.

My boys called it their "pecker" when they were litttle and now called it their "private part". They now the real name but prefer to call the general area their privates.

I've always been a proponent on teaching kids the proper terms for body parts, "privates" included.

T.,

I am the mother of a son who is going to be four in August. When he asked me what his private part was called, I called it his, "pee pee part!" He asked me what it does, I said, "IT holds pee!"

Hope this is helpful!

you can really call it anything you want but teach him that its his only and no one else should touch it or look at it. My son called his little winky.

We always reffered to my oldest's as his willy. My youngest son was running around naked one day and I made mention to him that he better get dressed before someone bit is weinie and he promptly told me that was his snake. And snake it will always be :)

Good luck...

When speaking generally I called them his private parts. However, when we spoke about his boy part specifically I called it by its proper name. I think it is better to teach them the correct name.

ok here it goes "wink wink" LOL

HI T.,

When we are referring to our children's private parts we just call them their "boys". Our two sons are still toddlers and have plenty of time to learn the true names later on.

Best of luck.

W.

About me; Mother of two boys, one who is is nearly five with autism and the other who is a very inquisitive three and a half years old.

I am a mother of three boys. I have learned if you call their private parts a cutesie name you just have to reteach them the correct name later and some children get confused. So, I now use the word Penis and also use a cutesie name once in a while so its not so confusing for them. Some cutesie names I have used and or heard are...
peenie, peeper, teetee, wee wee
Hope this helps!!