This weekend was clearly Father's Day. My brother's wife, who works for the government (Civil Service), was at a two week training session and out of town. My parents planned to spend the weekend with me, my brother, and his little girl Katie. Katie is two and a half.
My brother could handle her on his own, clearly. But he'd just worked like a 60+ hour work week, was tired, and my parents wanted to see their only grandchild :). He welcomed the help.
Below the fold a story about this weekends events and a story about the term vagina.
Time and time again I've stress a few things here. My parents are Republicans. They are sane, you couldn't make them listen to Rush or watch Glen Beck if you paid them. And we live in a fact based family. You said stupid shit you will get called on it. We are also not really PC.
My brother bought a swing set for Katie. We figured it would take three adults like a few hours to put it together Saturday. The rest of the day and Sunday we'd just eat and relax and watch the US Open (I went to college on a Division I scholarship).
That was before we saw the thing was more than 600+ pounds. Had a hut, slide, swings, sandbox, and rockwall. No I am not making this up.
We worked like 12 hours Saturday and about 6 Sunday to get it put together.
As we finished it my mom gave Katie a bath.
She came out in a wonderful little robe. For awhile we just did "stuff." Then she got her iPod out and put on some music to dance (that is another story). Quickly her robe opened and she was nude. Totally nude.
My brother Jeff was like Mom, WTF, Katie isn't allowed to just roam the house nude. Why didn't you at least put some underwear on her?
At this point my brother started to explain to Katie when she was upset about putting on cloths that it isn't lady like. That she needs to cover up her vagina.
He used this term with his young daughter and I was like you go brother. I mean it is the term that is correct for that part of her body. My parents were never great with sex education for us (insert none offered or provided), but we would have had a belt taken to our behinds if we say "dick" related to our "private parts," we had a penis.
At a later date isn't he or his wife going to have to talk to her about her vagina? That it isn't acceptable for other people to touch it. About menstruation? Isn't it healthy to introduce her to the word and connect it to this part of her body sooner rather than later?
Somewhat disjointed story, but happy I think there is hope. Even most of the non-liberals I know, family members, are not scared of the word vagina :)!