An acquaintance of mine has two sons. We were catching up and she was telling me how theyâre determined as parents to be comprehensive and straightforward about a lot of concepts, so they call a penis a penis.
The slightly older boy was working through the concept of genitals. He said, âI have a penis.â She agreed. âDaddy has a penis.â Yes. â[Little Brother] has a penis.â He did.
âNo. Mommy has a vagina.â
This made his eyes narrow. âMommy has a penis,â he insisted.
âNo, Mommy has a vagina, not a penis.â
He pursed his tiny lips suspiciously but the matter dropped. A few days later he was going to the bathroom with her and when her pants came down his eyes widened and he announced, âMommy has a front butt!â
She had to try to hard not to laugh and make him feel bad as she tried to reemphasize what a vagina was but confided to me that the phrase âfront buttâ makes her giggle every damn time.