Nosey about diaper changes

[knoxmomof2]

I'm somewhere in the middle as well. If I feel like the child is honestly curious, we'll talk a bit about potties/ digestive system functioning/ the fact that boys' bottoms and girls' are different. I don't go into labeling parts unless their parents have already taught the proper words (I feel like that is the parent's area to decide since I only keep children under 5), but I don't use cutesy words either. If necessary I'll say "your front/ your back" or "your bottom/ private area" depending on the circumstances. If the child is just generally bugging me (LOL), I'll tell them to go play ☺️

[Meeko]

Diaper changing time is a "Go play" time for older kids. They can ask their parents if they any questions and then the parents can say as much or as little as they like.

I wouldn't want to be questioned by a parent after they had this conversation with their child....

Parent: Did you have fun today at daycare?
Child: Yes
Parent: What did you talk about?
Child: We talked about Snowflake's vagina and Simon's penis.........


No thanks!!

[Mike]

Diaper changing time is a "Go play" time for older kids. They can ask their parents if they any questions and then the parents can say as much or as little as they like.

I wouldn't want to be questioned by a parent after they had this conversation with their child....

Parent: Did you have fun today at daycare?
Child: Yes
Parent: What did you talk about?
Child: We talked about Snowflake's vagina and Simon's penis.........


No thanks!!

That would be funny, but I sure wouldn't want to be there.

I would go in the middle and understand little kids curiosity, but also teach about privacy. I would answer questions as simply as possible and tell them to ask their parents if they need to know more. Some parents don't want to say much though, but they do say more now than they used to. I'm going to give a little embarrassing story, but it is from 40 years ago.

As kids, our parents never told us anything about sex. I woke up one morning with sticky underwear and had no idea what happened. I panicked but due to the location and the secrecy in our household, I couldn't tell my parents something was wrong with me, so I went to the library to see if I can find out. It took a while because I had no idea what I was looking for, but I found out all right. ::
feel free to laugh

That's when I decided that if I ever had kids, I'd talk to them and make sure they felt safe talking to me about anything. In my babysitting years, I've had a few older kids ask me personal questions, or confide in me, things they couldn't talk to their parents about. Not such a big deal now, but still is for some.