Dad? Check out my penis.

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Okay, here we go. We are now officially into the age range where our boys are extremely curious about body parts. And not just our boys, but all of our friends' boys. When all said boys get together, sometimes it becomes a penis party. What in the potty-talk Hell does this have to do with "Daddy not doing it right"? Well. This just happens to be the topic I see many of my friends dealing with right now, and it's a charged one. Sexual curiosity is of course, 100% normal and natural, but discussing anything related to children and sex makes all of us parents cringe and want to kick the cat across the room. The issue comes up and suddenly we all want to throw up. All I'm saying is, if you've got a partner that doesn't agree with you about how to handle sexual curiosity, you're gonna have issues (mostly because, on top of talking to your kid about it, you'll have to argue with your spouse about it, which only makes you have to rub your face in a topic you despise for a more extended period of time). As if you didn't already have enough as a parent and spouse, right?

There's a mine field to be navigated with relation to this topic, and I'm not sure I know how to do it. I do know that if both parents aren't on the same page regarding how to talk with a kid about what's appropriate and what isn't, and regarding what to do (punishment? redirection? simple stating of the obvious? heavy heart-to-heart talks? laughter?) when socially inappropriate behavior occurs, then there can be some serious mixed messages delivered to a kid about sexuality and guilt and shame. Which would be a shame.

I don't have the answers. But I found some good posts on the subject. I think people with testosterone-laden 6 yr old boys should read these together and laugh and vent and discuss to pre-empt overreaction to some inevitable flashing or "playing doctor" incident with the neighborhood girl.

Maybe, with this topic, as with many, prevention is the best medicine against disagreeing, as parents, over an emotionally charged topic, exactly when your child needs you to be most cohesive.