Boy Moms: What did you teach your son to call his boy parts?

Penis and testicles. Simple, straight forward, helps him distinguish between parts (which can be important medically, if he's in pain, etc) and as mentioned above, helps sage guard against abuse

The other two commenters are correct. We should always teach our children the correct terms for their body parts. It's important for a number of reasons, but especially to help them communicate properly. There are so many instances of children not getting proper help or care, because they couldn't communicate with the correct terminology what was wrong.

In England where I am, the most common is a Willy. I work with 2 year olds and I'd say 90% say Willy and the rest say Penis.

With the amount of fucked up disgusting evil people in the world and courts not always taking nicknames as parts, my kids will always know what they are actually called. Penis, testicals, vagina, breasts, butt/ass. He can joke once he’s older and call them whatever he wants, but I will always call them they’re proper names. My children’s safety comes before someone else’s comfort of children using those terms.

It has been proven that sex offenders will target the most vulnerable. If your child knows and uses the correct terms, they are less likely to be abused by someone as they are seen as more “mature”, less vulnerable and are more likely to then tell another person about the abuse. Always teach our children the correct terms - penis and vulva. There is no shame in naming body parts exactly as they are.

I’m teaching him correctly when it gets older because of pedos

We used to call it a pinky. Might have caused some confusion at one point!

Willy.

My daughter calls it his Willy, she knows it’s a penis if I ask but she says Willy. My nephews say Willy too.

Penis, its SO important children know the correct words.
He’s 2 and he already knows his penis and bottom are private only mummy and daddy see them when we clean them for him in the bath/during nappy changes 🥹❤️

Lmao Peter wackerrrr

My son is only 11 months but we are going to go with the proper term. Penis.

We are bilingual. In Viet there’s a silly nickname but when he says it everyone (Viet) knows what he’s talking about. When I’m w friends and the word comes up I’ll explain it “oh he means penis we say cu-cu in Viet” etc. In English I teach him penis. When I’m talking to my friends though I’ll say willy for fun but it’s good to teach them the correct words. I heard a story once of a lil girl saying “my uncle touched my cookie” and the teacher ignored it until she kept repeating it week after week. Then the teacher clicked and asked “hunni where’s your cookie did your uncle eat it?” She said no my cookie is here and pointed at her vagina 😳 So yeah. Teach them correct term.

I haven’t exactly taught him anything to call it bc it’s not necessary yet lol he’s 2. But I call it his wang-a-dang 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 like when I’m washing him in the bath or changing his diaper.

We say penis at our house but most children I work with say Willy

You should only really teach the actual name, it sounds awkward but for their safety

Quite honestly, I feel it sounds ridiculous when a child calls it a nickname than if they just say "penis." It's so important to use the correct terms for so many reasons, not just limited to what others have said about abuse but also for the child's confidence, sense of self, autonomy and as they grow up, for their future relationships. I am teaching my son the correct terms and will continue to do so. He will learn about periods, etc, too as I want him to be educated and to understand the human body, male and female. Nothing about the body should be taboo, hidden, or altered with cutesy nicknames.

Just my opinion 🙃

My oldest is 7, we say "Private Parts" lol. Mainly because he's very chatty with his friends at school, on ANYTHING he suddenly realizes or learns.... just don't want him talking about his newly learned info at school lol but of course the real term sooner rather than later. Hopefully he hasn't heard it already with the way some of these kids are so advanced with some of the wrong things these days but I would rather he hear it from us than someone else. He also knows to not let anyone see them ever, even us. & to tell us, God forbid if ever...
We've had that talk repeatedly & will always bring it up from time to time with him.


He's able to wash himself well, so I don't really see a need to me. I feel that it helps for him to see how actually private it really is if his parents aren't allowed to see them either. It will be the same if not earlier with my 3 mth old🙃

My boy knows it’s “penis” & “scrotum” & I have mentioned nobody should have anything to do with either part unless it’s mommy, daddy, or Grammy cleaning him off since he’s not quite nighttime potty trained yet.

Honestly pregnant with a boy right now. I have a girl who is two and we just call our private parts by what they are. My daughter knows what hers is called and my son will be taught the same. Unfortunately there are a lot of messed up people in the world. So correct terms is what we're doing.

Willy

He called them his “hot dog” and his “jewels” but when he was like 3 it was his “weiner”🤣

Widge