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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm surprised that four year olds can really notice a difference too. If your son is upset about it and the other boys keep teasing him, I'd say something mild to the teachers. Just "hey, my son said his friends are commenting on his private parts, can you try to keep them a little more separate in the bathroom?". My son's daycare/preschool room still just has a corner with two toilets, no stalls, and a half wall separating it from the classroom. The boys and girls go whenever they want but I've never seen them even remotely pay attention to each other.

More important to me would be the conversation with your son. I'd just tell him something simple but true, like "some boys have been circumcised (had a small part of their penis removed) at birth, but we decided that we didn't think it was necessary for you. As you grow up, you'll find that some of your friends look like you and some look like these other boys. I hope you'll never make fun of someone for looking different than you and I'd just tell your friends that it's no big deal to look different from each other." .[/quote]

Males all have different penises anyway. Just a standard "everyone is a little different, some people are like this, some people are like that" speech is enough for a 4-year-old.[/quote]

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