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’ lit, with body parts. By Susan Patron . Feb. 27, 2007 12 AM PT . ... is discomfort among adults who do not wish to see references to body parts in children’s literature. Also, ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

"Educating Eve really opened my eyes to the fact so many people don't use the proper words for female body parts in their own homes. The top 10 primary schools in the Black Country ...