I have a 5 year old child who is just starting Kindergarten. her name is Katherine and for a long time we called her Kat. But now she wants us to call her pussy as in pussy cat, and insists that everyone calls her pussy. How do we tell her what pussy really means?
2007-09-14 09:25:33 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
You know it's a damn shame when cute words get taken away from us by the foul minds around us. Gay used to mean happy, Aids was a candy, the list goes on and on. I find myself wondering if there will be any words left a hundred years from now. But the reality is you do have a problem there. Try substitutions based on something she might like. Hello Kitty, might be a good one. Buy her some Hello kitty paraphenalia, and try calling her kitty Kat, that may be a gentler way to go about it. I think it's unfair to take childhood innocense away before its time.
Good luck.
2007-09-14 09:32:29 · answer #1 · answered by Tim F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a terrible thing, that a child's innocent word can be twisted into something that can't even be written down.
For the record, there's nothing wrong with the word "pussycat".
However, the reality in today's society is that you have a real issue. You're going to have to explain how you allowed her to understand the word "pussycat" but can't allow PART of that word to be used.
You have a couple of choices-- explain to her that there are problems using the word because grown ups have done a silly thing and made that word impolite.... or you could call her by the WHOLE term-- "Pussycat".
Good luck.
2007-09-18 16:04:23 · answer #2 · answered by LJG 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That reminds me of when i was a little girl and we were naming the new cat, I took the familys initials and shouted I know lets call it 'Prik'. My dad was saying great - can you see me saying to the neighbours would you like to stroke my .... ' My Mum stopped him and my older sister was embarassed, and I didn't understand why.
Cant you tell your daughter that her suggestion is a bit silly for nursery but Kitty Kat might be alright as Kitty means cat and is a girls name.
2007-09-14 16:35:57 · answer #3 · answered by bri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What's so hard about that? She does know that she has a vulva and a vagina, doesn't she? It may have been dandy for Honor Blackman to star as "Pussy Galore" in the James Bond movie, "Goldfinger," but it just won't do for a 5 year old, will it? Level with her. I don't see the problem. You don't have to go into the implications and interpretations, just what it means in the "outside world."
2007-09-14 17:37:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I also have a 5 year old. We do talk about how some words can be bad and you really do not need to say them at school. My daughter seems to handle it ok when we talk about some words are bad. I just say, we really don't need to say that word some people think of that as a bad word.
I suggest being honest ....as much as you can without getting in to details.
We call my daughter Pea Pie or Peeps.
2007-09-14 16:35:28 · answer #5 · answered by Kimberly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe just tell her that a better name would maybe be kitty kat?!?!? When I was in school I actually had a friend that we called Kat (her name was Kaitlyn) But I guess it never went any further than that! Wow... sorry I don't have a better answer!
2007-09-14 16:29:29 · answer #6 · answered by kewpiedoll0409 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Just tell her that Kat sounds better. Also, tell the others in the family to tell her that Kat sounds better. Hopefully, she'll want to stick to just Kat!
2007-09-14 16:44:43 · answer #7 · answered by cHarizMaTic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is funny. i am amused.
where did she pick that up?
you can explain to her it's "a bad word" and it makes mommy and daddy very angry and upset(in a nice, matter-of-fact tone). little kids freak out when they hear a bad word and go tattle(at least, when I was that age). the part about saying you get angry is so she'll stop, they say children like to please their parents... if worse comes to worst, do some fake tears and sniffles.
she should catch on i think, if not say it again to her a few more times. or you can always sing the name game song with her, and remind her of better nicknames for herself.
2007-09-14 16:49:27 · answer #8 · answered by jm7 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hahahahahahahaha. this is hysterical. just tell her the truth in terms that she will understand. tell her you can't call her pussy because that would be like calling her vagina, peepee, kooter, or whatever other word you use to describe her ********. explain to her that other kids/people will think it's funny and laugh. kids like to fit in so just make something up.
or just tell her that pussy is a boys name... like on the sopranos.
2007-09-14 16:32:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your five year old sounds very intelligent, so I am sure she will understand when you gently explain that most people use that word incorrectly to describe genitals..and that is it not a good idea to use that word as a name. She will hear of it...better she does from you.
2007-09-14 16:32:16 · answer #10 · answered by gacsag66 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋