Should children be taught the correct terms for reproductive organs?

Buttercup · Monkey Proof is Beautiful yet hideous

Should children be taught the correct terms for reproductive organs?

ManImBored · Mack Daddy

I totally agree. I have come across some children who use off the wall terms for their private areas. Most teenagers and some adults are going to use slang anyway, but at least they know what the proper terms are. I think this is something that should be taught to any child just like any normal word is when they are learning to talk. To me, the english language is so messed up anyway, lets not add to it.

ronin · Beefcakes

I agree. Information is out there in truckloads. Questions will be asked. You might as well teach them this so there's no confusion. And it is part of the english dictionary. It's not like you're teaching them to cuss or anything like that.

foxfyre · Buttercult Founder

I do teach my son the proper names for things. Altho, I have to say, scrotum hasn't come up, lol.

Buttercup · Monkey Proof is Beautiful yet hideous

Did any of you take a look at that book?

Jersey Joe · Mr. Dy-no-mite

I am a teacher and have heard all the names children call sexual organs ....nothing surprises me.

My mother and father taught my sisters and me the proper terms and stressed that we use them at the appropriate time. We only used those words if it was necessary to describe a problem we were having and not just to say something funny. Kids will be kids and they simply reminded us to use proper terms. My children are not of speaking age and I will do the same.

I dont recall ever using the word scrotum when I was a child.That is a bit technical; I just thought I had testicles...didnt know there was a name for the sac that holds them until I took Biology in high school.

Lovely first post for me.....from the looks of things, I dont think I offended anyone.
Hope not.

texaschickeee · Seductively Sassy

I beleive that you teach the children the proper names. Slang names will come up and of course will be used. IF you make a joke, or act as if its not something "ok" so to speak, they get the wrong ideas.

if you cant teach them the proper names up front, what makes you think they will listen to you later.

foxfyre · Buttercult Founder

Yes, I read the story. I don't think the book is really geared to 10-year-olds...

Buttercup · Monkey Proof is Beautiful yet hideous

I didn't think so, either, but I don't have children. I was interested in what you parents thought.

foxfyre · Buttercult Founder

Well, in many ways, I'm probably over-protective. But where the dog was bitten was gratuitous. If it were really geared to 10 yr olds, ass would have worked just as well...

Buttercup · Monkey Proof is Beautiful yet hideous

I'm really curious about the entire story. Have you seen that book at all?

Straight Up · Beer please

I've been passing by this thread all day ... The world sure has become a complicated place ... I don't think there is any one answer to this question or others like it ....

If the parents can teach the word and the responsibility to go with it ... cool .... but on the other hand ... some parents are not capable/willing to do this .... Maybe best for them to leave it alone

Buttercup · Monkey Proof is Beautiful yet hideous

You think it's better for a child to say he has a wee-wee instead of saying that he has a penis?

foxfyre · Buttercult Founder

Buttercup wrote:

I'm really curious about the entire story. Have you seen that book at all?

No - and I don't really want to.

Buttercup · Monkey Proof is Beautiful yet hideous

It sounds like an absolutely horrible book for children. From what I understand, the author is a - gasp! - librarian.

foxfyre · Buttercult Founder

I refuse to accept any responsible for that!

Straight Up · Beer please

I don't think any harm will come out of whatever they call it at a young age ... As they grow ... their peer group will define the slang term ....

When they become parents .... the Doctor will provide the technical term ....

When they become grand parents ... Yet another term will probably come into play ....

Buttercup · Monkey Proof is Beautiful yet hideous

Straight Up wrote:

I don't think any harm will come out of whatever they call it at a young age ... As they grow ... their peer group will define the slang term ....

When they become parents .... the Doctor will provide the technical term ....

When they become grand parents ... Yet another term will probably come into play ....

Unless they're injured or abused and have to describe it.

And while I don't have children, if I did, I would want my child to learn factual information about their body from me, not misinformation from their peers.

Straight Up · Beer please

Buttercup wrote:

Straight Up wrote:

I don't think any harm will come out of whatever they call it at a young age ... As they grow ... their peer group will define the slang term ....

When they become parents .... the Doctor will provide the technical term ....

When they become grand parents ... Yet another term will probably come into play ....
Unless they're injured or abused and have to describe it.

And while I don't have children, if I did, I would want my child to learn factual information about their body from me, not misinformation from their peers.

A rose by any other name is still a rose ....

If a young child says my we we hurts or someone touched my bottom .... Would a parent that knows the child or a adult that investigating a crime or a doctor doing a medical exam not have an IQ high enough to figure out that bottom means ass and we we means penis .....

I'm not saying that one way or the other is good or bad ... just that it makes no difference either way

Inside Out · BITCH

I actually did go and look at the book and read some of the passage that was provided ...

It was not what I had expected .. it was basically just a story book ...

As for when and how old a child should know the technical name for their body parts is really up to the maturity and understanding of the child ...

a child that is very preceptive and mature enough to understand when and where to use the technical terms should be taught them ...

a child that is naive and not very mature ... and would not understand how or when to use the technical term should not be taught them ...

The age of these children varies ... at what age do they start teaching Health in school these days? ... At what age does one have the "Sex Talk" with a child? ...

Most people will give you different ages ... and it all really depends on if the child is mentally capable of handling the terms ...

I do not think it is wrong for a 6 year old to his butt hurts or his pee pee hurts ...

but ... if they are more mature the parents have a good relationship with them ... then they should be able to tell if they can handle the technical terms and at what age they should be taught them ...

It has been quite a while since I was in school or even had a child in school ... but ... if I remember right ... starting in the 5th grade is when Health classes are given ... when the body parts and organs are learned ... then yes they should be taught the proper terms for the body parts at that age ... and given the understanding when and where and how to use them properly ... especially in conversations ... and I do believe that the age of most 5th graders is 9 years old ...

but I do think a 6 year old should know enough to let someone know if someone is touching "his private parts" ... even if he is not taught the proper names at that time .... and if he is mature enough to understand ... then the proper terms could be introduced ... but ... not expected to remembered ...

just my too cents worth ...

Just curious ... at what grade and what age is "Sex Ed" offered in school? or is it offered in school anymore?

Buttercup · Monkey Proof is Beautiful yet hideous

Teaching them about sex and teaching them the correct words for their anatomy are two completely different things. Everyone is different, though. Lol, in my house we weren't allowed to use slang terms (like "pee") for using the bathroom, and that has stayed with me.

I don't know when schools begin teaching health and/or sex education.

Straight Up · Beer please

Yea ... a lot of what your parents did will be passed on to your kids mixed with your SO's input .... No telling just what might come out of generations of this ... thankfully ... it comes out good most the time ...

Jersey Joe · Mr. Dy-no-mite

I knew where babies came from at a young age; my dad was a OB/GYN and my mom a labor and delivery nurse. They felt we should all know the proper terms. When Jamie Spriggs from down the street knocked on our door and told me that he came out of his mothers pu$$* (sorry;ladies); I simply corrected him and told him it was a vagina that he was birthed from. We were 9. He cried when I explained the whole process of the miracle of birth. I would have showed him pictures from my dad medical books, but the "fancy grown-up" library was off limits to us kiddos. He would have probably passed out when I showed him pictures of a baby sliding out of a real birth canal; I almost did.

ronin · Beefcakes

I wouldn't have a problem using slang terms. We said words like pee, crap, dump, balls, etc, etc, all the time in our house. But we knew the real terms too. Although, I can't remember who taught them to me. My father once made a mistake using slang terms in a conversation once, and didn't realize it. I was cracking up. I rode him for days for that. Kids will come up with some pretty colorful slang for a lot of that stuff.