It’s called body safety language - teaching kids to use the correct anatomical terms for their private parts and making sure they are comfortable talking about it with adults. Both moms say it ...

Kids should be able to identify body parts as private and correctly name them so that they can communicate if they’ve been touched inappropriately. “We sometimes give nicknames for body parts ...

Fred discusses more body parts in songs, the U.K. charts and Wyclef Jean. By Billboard Staff WORK THAT BODY Hello Fred, I read last week’s Chart Beat and hadn’t ever thought of a song category ...

Fonte teaches kids the words 'penis' and 'vagina' to prevent shame and secrecy . Before defining consent, Fonte teaches first graders the correct terminology for their genitals.

It was a proud moment for Karla Helbert when she learned that her young daughter named "vagina" as a "V" word while singing the ABCs with her grandmother during a diaper change.Helbert taught her ...

Squeamish parents might prefer euphemisms, but the reasoning behind teaching the word “penis” instead of “dinky” helps with disclosure of sexual abuse and promotes healthier body image ...

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Using cutesy nicknames can suggest that to kids their genitals are something shameful. They are not. Your son has a penis, not a wee-wee. Your daughter has a vulva, not sparkly bits.

In a blog for HuffPost, also in January 2017, Jayneen Sanders wrote about why she believed we should start teaching kids the words “vulva, vagina and penis” over pet names.