What do you tell your young daughter her private parts are called?

Question

She has been informed of the "V" word. but she still calls it her bottom. What have you taught your daughter to call it. I am just not comfortable calling it her v****a.

I have talked to many parents who refer to it as a tutu.. and there is a song that goes with it.. as well..

Answer 1

It depends on how young she is. Less than ten, she doesn't need to know she has a v****a. So just say that's your willy (or whatever you use to refer to your pee area).

If she's a bit older, then explain that she has a willy, and then a v****a, and then her bottom.

There is no need to sugar coat this information. and the words used to name anatomy aren't dirty words. there perfectly normal.

Answer 2

I call it by the real names. But when she was younger (and would repeat anything in public without a sense of appropriatness, lol) I called it 'the front bum' or the 'back bum' or 'your chest'. For boys I called it 'a stick' so she would have a visual for herself to know that if she would be in a situation where she was victimized that she would recognize it and know that is 'bad touching'. Now in school they are teaching inappropriate touching classes so that tied in well

Answer 3

Well, my daughter is only 21 months, so i refer it to as her "tushy". But when she is old enough to understand, i will teach her the proper names. There is nothing to be ashamed of. All women have vaginas. :)  And i think its best the my daughter knows the appropriate names for it. :)

Answer 4

Just tell her the real name. She go find out sooner or later. So say v****a,breast or whatever else she want to know. I mean you go find out regardless through other kids or whatever.

Answer 5

I told them it's a v****a but I call it the ********.

OMG- I said Va Jay Jay- the sensors bleeped THAT out but not p***y cat when someone said it??? Wonderful.

Edit: I think it's kinda sad I got thumbed down. are people really so stupid that they think if your child is in the shower and casually say, "Hey make sure you wash your Va Jay Jay well!" that the child will not know the specific name for v****a? too funny. Seriously, if your child is that thick- I'm sorry.

Answer 6

It's a v****a - call it a v****a.

My daughters both refer to their vaginas as vaginas and their butts are called bottoms.

I think it's ridiculous that grown adults feel they can't use the proper names for parts of the body.

Answer 7

my partner has a little 4 yr old girl and she calls it her v jay jay its not rude but appropriate i have even taken to using those very same words after all it is not a ballet suit

Answer 8

my daughter is 3 and calls it her mini moo my brothers girls r older and this is what they call there's so she just coped

but i think it depends on u and what u want her to call it i think there is a lot of mums that don't like there daughters to call the lady bits by there proper names so just decide for ur self but let her no when shes older what the proper name for it is so she nos when she starts s*x ed

Answer 9

With all our kids, boy or girl..  we call them privates.  Because that is what they are...private.

Answer 10

I think it is more appropriate to call it what it is a v****a  my sons were taught their private part is a p***s and they are 12 and 10 now and still refer to it as a p***s.  There is nothing wrong with calling it by the proper name giving silly names like tutu or va Jay jay sounds ridiculous to me

Answer 11

just tell her this is your v****a no biggy  

Answer 12

I would call it her Louisa or her Virginia. Also you could call it her Mrs. Wilson. But no matter what don't call it a Johnson.

Answer 13

When they are younger, we teach our children to call those bits their "p***s" or "v****a" to encompass the entire area.  As they get older, we introduce the other terms-testicles, s*****m, v***a, etc.

Why are you not comfortable calling it a v****a?  Most likely, because your parents did not address it by proper terminology when you were younger, which gave you a sense of shame.  This shame makes our us embarassed when we need to discuss s*x with our children, makes our children embarassed to discuss health issues in those regions with us, etc.

Did you know that children that are less likely to be abused if they know the proper parts for their body?  Also, if they are abused, it is easier to prosecute in court because someone saying "that person touched my tutu" is not as convincing as "that person touched my p***s/v****a".  

We do not use "cutesy" terms for other body parts, such as army warmy for our arm so lets just call it what it is.

Answer 14

You should educate yourself first because it's not called a v****a to begin with. It's a v***a. The v****a is on the inside.

I don't have any girls I have 4 boys but I teach them the proper name for their private which is p***s and testicles. If I had a girl I would use the word v***a.

You are not comfortable using these terms because of the way you were raised. Why should it be any different than teaching them that a leg is a leg or a nose is a nose? You don't call the leg something else because you are uncomfortable with the word leg do you? They are all body parts and by giving them different names you make them seem taboo and "dirty" or wrong. Instead you should use the correct terms from the time they are little and then it's the norm for them. By being uncomfortable with it, you will transfer those feelings to your child and that's just sad.

How will you discuss s*x and masterbation and puberty and all those other subjects whe your child gets older if you can't even say the "V" word now?

EDIT: I can't believe how many people call it a v****a. It is very sad that even women don't know the name of their own female parts LOL It's a v***a people!

thumbs down for what? Knowing the facts? I can't believe the ignorance. So we have at least 12 ignorant people who's children will grow up with sexual disfuntion LOL

Answer 15

how old is she?? she mite be too youg to hear about that stuff.. but call it a funny  name,niane, pussey and ,tete

Answer 16

I would just refer it as her "Private part" Only because there are so many names for that area and if, god forbid anyone every touches her there, someone would understand her if she told you or a family member that someone touched her there. refer the whole area such as her bottom and the "V" area as her private part, because it is private and the private area should never be touched by another.

Answer 17

we call it her privates or her pee pee. that's how both of my girls refer to their lady parts as their pee pees.

Answer 18

Well I just called it my ''woman'' down there

or ''girl friend''

Answer 19

I don't have a daughter, but I teach my son to use the actual word for his genitals.  It's a part of his body - why give it a cutesie little nickname and imply that it's something bad?  It is what it is.  Sorry, but calling it a tutu is strange, and making up a song about a little girl's genitals is REALLY weird.  

Answer 20

It's a v****a.  That's what I told my daughter.  It's a word for a body part.  

The tutu thing you mentioned is kinda weird, especially if you actually have a song involved.  

Answer 21

call it her ladybird or p***y cat or the we crack the pee comes out

Answer 22

There are so many parts to the female anatomy that we just went with v****a and stuck with that.  

Answer 23

my daughter started calling it a woo-woo. so i picked it up from there. she is 12, and she knows the real name of course, but if she needs to talk to me about it, that is what she calls it.

by the way- the song is fine!! make sure to tell her husband when she grows up. this is something that is between you and your daughter . if you want to draw pictures of it and hang it in the bathroom, that is up to you. good lord, i have never heard of so many people getting upset over something so stupid. im not a very proper person i guess. i think the medical term sounds funny. i could care less.-

i thought of another one, my sister used to call it her "yoo-hoo"

Answer 24

her v****a.........and she's only 3 and I don't see anything wrong telling her whats what......

Answer 25

I despise cutsey names for body parts when there are perfectly good names that identify them very well.  I, personally, would feel ridiculous calling my v****a a "tutu"?!?!  

May I suggest that you GET comfortable using the proper words?  By calling the body parts cute little names, you are telling your young daughter that those body parts are something to be ashamed of.  You don't have cute names for her hands, feet, knees, ears, nose, etc.  Do her a favor, now, and call a v****a a v****a, a p***s a p***s, a breast a breast, and save a LOT of confusion down the road.  

Answer 26

I'm yet to decide.... my daughter is nearly 7 months

I'll definitely tell her it's a v****a but use "private part" or "bits" most of the time (like "wash your bits" lol... I know it sounds lame but I'm like you... for some reason v****a just doesn't sound right for all the time use)

Answer 27

my daughter started calling it a peep herself which I guess is short for pee pee.  So we go with peep or your privates.  I like at this point using your privates or your private area because it reinforces that these places should be PRIVATE.