Word for vagina?

[ncnewbaby]

Parents of girls, what word do you use for vagina? I have a baby girl and can't remember what we used growing up!

My nanna always called it "Mary Jane"
Our kids just say privates mostly, they always giggle when they say the correct words for their parts.

There’s a lot of good stuff out there online about this from both the U.K. and US - just Google.

Just to start with:
www.pacey.org.uk/news-and-views/pacey-blog/2019/october-2019/teaching-children-about-their-private-parts/?feed=blogs

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/amp/entry/children-body-parts-words-advice_uk_5901b563e4b081a5c0fadcc5/

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/going-beyond-intelligence/201703/call-children-s-private-body-parts-what-they-are%3famp

sum.cuny.edu/using-correct-anatomical-terms-can-prevent-childhood-sexual-abuse/

Growing up for me, it was bits/parts.

Oooh, almost straight in there with the PC answer, well done!

How is it politically correct to use the actual name for something?

Just because someone wants to infantilise and use fluffy words to avoid embarrassment doesn't make others 'politically correct'.

They are accurate. The end.

X-post, @TheGirlCat! 🤣

Just use the correct terms. Please. It horrifies me that anyone would even mention cunt or pussy.

If in doubt vs I say your private parts, as most children are taught they are private.

Just mystified by people saying ‘vagina’ for the whole genital area.

The vagina is one specific part and not one you can see. You might as well say urethra, it’s just as accurate.

Ninny. Sorry couldn't imagine my 4 and six year old calling it a vulva. It's up to you how you roll in your own family.

I dont think theres anything wrong with using colloquial words for bodyparts.
Fanny and willy are perfectly good terms everyone knows what they mean. Even my youngest kid is a teenager now and we have always used a mixture of slang terms for genitals but also the proper terms too.
We do use slang and colloquial terms for other bodyparts too. Bellybutton, bum, butt, boobs, tits, pinkie finger

I would just use the word Vagina as it's the correct word for it and nothing to be embarrassed about, you can call it gina (pronounced like China) for short

Vagina

[quote dontletthemugglesgetyoudownn]**@ncnewbaby* but god forbid something happened to your child (sexual assault or inappropriate touching) and they tell a teacher that they've been touched on a insert childish name for vagina* how do the police or you know exactly where the touching has happened? Muffin could mean anything etc [/quote]
This tired old argument gets trotted out on these types of threads all the time and it's absolute nonsense. The conversation would go like this:

Child : "So and so touched my bits."
Police Officer : "And can you point to where he touched you?"

We call them bits in our house. We also refer to tummies, bums and pandas for hands. My children are relatively undamaged so far.

I have very consistently taught my daughters that it is a vulva, and we do call it that sometimes, but I also use the term "foof". She knows what both things mean.

I know that silly nick names don't go down well on MN, but I think it's ok to have a soft, silly expression for things that you use sometimes, so long as they also know the proper word.

@Trixiefirecracker

I don’t understand people not calling it what it is. I mean you don’t have another word for nose do you, it’s just a nose.

Snozzer, beak, hooter, honker, conk? I used (or knew) all of those for “nose” as a child 😃

@Maves

Ninny. Sorry couldn't imagine my 4 and six year old calling it a vulva. It's up to you how you roll in your own family.

Why not? Why is it worse than saying front bottom? Why can't you imagine children using proper English words for actual parts?

All the people saying they use the word 'vagina' are missing the point.

The OP is asking what they should call her DD's visible parts.

@namechangetheworld You are misinformed. Read the links I and foxgoosefinch posted. It is actually recommended by the police, by SS, and by Child Psychologists. And has been for 2 decades now, at least. You are behind.

Jesus. Can't believe all the idiots on this thread. Penis/vulva/vagina are not dirty or shameful words ffs. Why are you so embarrassed? Why pass on your own shame to your children?

Bits, foof, front bottom? Really? Don't make your daughters ashamed of their bodies because you are embarrassed by yours.

@BulldogDrummondBass

Just mystified by people saying ‘vagina’ for the whole genital area.

The vagina is one specific part and not one you can see. You might as well say urethra, it’s just as accurate.

Technically a penis isn't the whole part for boys either, but it does the job, just as "vagina" does for girls.

The right words. I mean no one can tell you what to do but there's extensive evidence from experts on why and it's posted here. It's not just another opinion or point of view, it's evidenced expert opinion. Ignore that if you want but it's not the same as saying oh we don't like froo froo in this house so we use minny. It is awkward at first but it gets easier. There's a great word for people who try and belittle evidence and expert views as "wokeness gorrrn maadd", cunts. Now that's not appropriate for children but it sure comes in useful later.

A friend used the word fairy but then realised using baby words was a mistake.
Her daughter was pretty traumatised when her farther offered to lift her up to put her fairy on top of the Christmas tree.
Vulva - the bit she can see
Vagina - when she becomes aware that there is more on the inside
Calling the vulva a vagina will in itself lead to confusion down the line.
Bottom tends to be a good cover all word when they are very you.

We used vagina/vulva and penis.

When DD was really little she’d say ‘giney’ until she could pronounce it properly. Now she’s a vulgar teenager who usually says pussy or vag

DS won an award in the 2nd grade because he was the only one in his class who could identify and name the vulva and vagina

@NoDecentHandlesLeft Not even the same at all. A penis is external. Vagina is internal. It would be like saying prostate for penis.