6-year old daugther obsessed with "private parts"

[Anonymous]

I'm humiliated. My 1st grader won't stop talking about private parts at our family's house!

She was saying how she likes to dance with her private parts showing but mom and dad want her to be dressed (this is true -- she *always* wants to be naked at home!).

So, I pulled her out of the room and asked her not to discuss private parts with her grandparents (my in-laws).

So, she goes back and says directly to my father in law "mommy doesn't want me to talk about private parts aloud. Like my vagina and your penis and poop and pee."

PLEASE KILL ME NOW.

[Anonymous]

Ignore it. My 5yo is the same. Obsessed with her butt. "Look at my booty booty!" "Does my butt stink?" "Shake my booty booty!" "Look at my butt!" (As she moons us.) Don't engage and t will stop.

[Anonymous]

Set some ground rules. This is SO normal, but not all kids do it.

The way we dealt with this was we allowed the kids (2 boys, close in age) to "potty talk" at home, with NO company. There was hell to pay (and they knew it) if they did it at school or out somewhere. It seems like when they realized they had a place to talk about butts and farts and whatever, the allure was gone to talk about it elsewhere. Yes, I got tired of hearing about farting and penises and whatever else (and sometimes I even sent them to their rooms with it), but it blew over.

We went through it once when my oldest was in the butt/poop/fart phase, and then a second time when the youngest was in that phase. Same rule both times.

[Anonymous]

Tell her that in others people's houses she may use those words only in the bathroom, with the door closed.

Tell her that some people are uncomfortable with it and this allows her to have an outlet and them to be comfortable.

[Anonymous]

Yep, you have to give her an outlet (and don't want her to feel ashamed of her body and her interest in it). But it's totally fine to set limits and tell her that it's not good manners to talk about private parts around others unless she's talking to a doctor or is asking for help with an issue involving her private parts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm humiliated. My 1st grader won't stop talking about private parts at our family's house!

She was saying how she likes to dance with her private parts showing but mom and dad want her to be dressed (this is true -- she *always* wants to be naked at home!).

So, I pulled her out of the room and asked her not to discuss private parts with her grandparents (my in-laws).

So, she goes back and says directly to my father in law "mommy doesn't want me to talk about private parts aloud. Like my vagina and your penis and poop and pee."

PLEASE KILL ME NOW.

This made me laugh, OP. Sorry. I couldn't help it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm humiliated. My 1st grader won't stop talking about private parts at our family's house!

She was saying how she likes to dance with her private parts showing but mom and dad want her to be dressed (this is true -- she *always* wants to be naked at home!).

So, I pulled her out of the room and asked her not to discuss private parts with her grandparents (my in-laws).

So, she goes back and says directly to my father in law "mommy doesn't want me to talk about private parts aloud. Like my vagina and your penis and poop and pee."

PLEASE KILL ME NOW.

This made me laugh, OP. Sorry. I couldn't help it!

Me too. Still working on getting my 6yo to keep his hands out of his pants.

[Anonymous]

It's fine. I'm sure she'll outgrow it soon. I have to laugh when my 2.5 year old son reaches into his pants and scratches his butt in front of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Set some ground rules. This is SO normal, but not all kids do it.

The way we dealt with this was we allowed the kids (2 boys, close in age) to "potty talk" at home, with NO company. There was hell to pay (and they knew it) if they did it at school or out somewhere. It seems like when they realized they had a place to talk about butts and farts and whatever, the allure was gone to talk about it elsewhere. Yes, I got tired of hearing about farting and penises and whatever else (and sometimes I even sent them to their rooms with it), but it blew over.

We went through it once when my oldest was in the butt/poop/fart phase, and then a second time when the youngest was in that phase. Same rule both times.

This. We let the kids say whatever they want at home (when other people are not over). But, they know to follow the rules at school or at other people's houses of No potty talk. Seems to work (most of the time).