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Teaching Children the Real Names For Body Parts


Such a great piece. We call them elbows and noses and knees. What's so different about those other parts?? "I want children to understand that they can ask questions about those body parts and get them answered; that we’ll treat those conversations in a medical and matter-of-fact way, and that while there are special rules about privacy, there are no body parts that are dirty or nasty or not to be discussed."

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