An acquaintance of mine has two sons. We were catching up and she was telling me how they’re determined as parents to be comprehensive and straightforward about a lot of concepts, so they call a penis a penis.
The slightly older boy was working through the concept of genitals. He said, “I have a penis.” She agreed. “Daddy has a penis.” Yes. “[Little Brother] has a penis.” He did.
“No. Mommy has a vagina.”
This made his eyes narrow. “Mommy has a penis,” he insisted.
“No, Mommy has a vagina, not a penis.”
He pursed his tiny lips suspiciously but the matter dropped. A few days later he was going to the bathroom with her and when her pants came down his eyes widened and he announced, “Mommy has a front butt!”
She had to try to hard not to laugh and make him feel bad as she tried to reemphasize what a vagina was but confided to me that the phrase “front butt” makes her giggle every damn time.