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[quote=Anonymous]These posters are all nuts (see what I did there). Of course it’s normal for 5th graders of both genders to make “ball” jokes. It would be weird if they didn’t. They are approaching puberty, testing boundaries verbally, and learning about their bodies (health class, peers, parents, internet, etc). When my 5th grader launches into this talk, I don’t freak out (hell, sometimes he’s funny) but ask if he knows what it means. If he doesn’t, I explain it in an age appropriate way. I also talk a lot about situational awareness. A well-timed “that’s what she said” is a winning joke—but not at church, at school, or around adults you don’t know. I would expect girls to grow out of potty humor in middle school and boys to grow out of it by age 69.[/quote]
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