Comments on: Eight Questions About the Human Body That Kids Always Ask http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/eight-questions-about-the-human-body-that-kids-always-ask/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:34:52 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Lore http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/eight-questions-about-the-human-body-that-kids-always-ask/comment-page-1/#comment-512837 Lore Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:09:07 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/eight-questions-about-the-human-body-that-kids-always-ask/#comment-512837 That was great. I work at a daycare center and get asked random questions like this all the time! Good read. That was great. I work at a daycare center and get asked random questions like this all the time! Good read.

]]> By: Selvo http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/eight-questions-about-the-human-body-that-kids-always-ask/comment-page-1/#comment-512719 Selvo Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:28:05 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/eight-questions-about-the-human-body-that-kids-always-ask/#comment-512719 Its sad when you read this and I dont know what theyre saying lol. Then again, im still only 15 Its sad when you read this and I dont know what theyre saying lol. Then again, im still only 15

]]> By: CheeseDuck http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/eight-questions-about-the-human-body-that-kids-always-ask/comment-page-1/#comment-512710 CheeseDuck Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:22:56 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/eight-questions-about-the-human-body-that-kids-always-ask/#comment-512710 Where do babies come from? Where do babies come from?

]]> By: anon http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/eight-questions-about-the-human-body-that-kids-always-ask/comment-page-1/#comment-512677 anon Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:46:19 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/eight-questions-about-the-human-body-that-kids-always-ask/#comment-512677 "I also didn’t know bilirubin was named after William Rueben." Did you not read the following sentence that begins, "That very poor joke aside"? "I also didn’t know bilirubin was named after William Rueben."

Did you not read the following sentence that begins, "That very poor joke aside"?

]]> By: Alannah http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/eight-questions-about-the-human-body-that-kids-always-ask/comment-page-1/#comment-512653 Alannah Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:04:24 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/eight-questions-about-the-human-body-that-kids-always-ask/#comment-512653 My kids never asked stuff like this. When I asked my daughter where she thought she came from she told me she thought we got her at the pet store. I have (really) no idea where she got that. Maybe it's because we keep her chained up in the yard and feed her kibble? My kids never asked stuff like this. When I asked my daughter where she thought she came from she told me she thought we got her at the pet store. I have (really) no idea where she got that. Maybe it's because we keep her chained up in the yard and feed her kibble?

]]> By: L http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/eight-questions-about-the-human-body-that-kids-always-ask/comment-page-1/#comment-512650 L Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:02:08 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/eight-questions-about-the-human-body-that-kids-always-ask/#comment-512650 Oh, but it's so much more FUN to tell your little boy that he was once a girl! Maybe we weren't all technically girls, but if we all looked the same until a certain point, then you could say our bodies showed the characteristics of being female. But I don't know how you'd explain that to a six-year-old kid without confusing them all to hell. I'd rather just use the "old wives' tale" and risk being called a radical feminist by people like AnUnSi. Too bad the article doesn't say how you should explain things like androgen insensitivity syndrome and XX male syndrome. That might be interesting... Oh, but it's so much more FUN to tell your little boy that he was once a girl!

Maybe we weren't all technically girls, but if we all looked the same until a certain point, then you could say our bodies showed the characteristics of being female. But I don't know how you'd explain that to a six-year-old kid without confusing them all to hell. I'd rather just use the "old wives' tale" and risk being called a radical feminist by people like AnUnSi.

Too bad the article doesn't say how you should explain things like androgen insensitivity syndrome and XX male syndrome. That might be interesting...

]]> By: the robot child http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/eight-questions-about-the-human-body-that-kids-always-ask/comment-page-1/#comment-512624 the robot child Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:09:48 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/eight-questions-about-the-human-body-that-kids-always-ask/#comment-512624 The author was putting it in simple terms, so everyone could make sense of it. I have a book, "why do men have nipples," laying somewhere around my house. It answers questions like these and many other ones. Good toilet read. Very good toilet read. The author was putting it in simple terms, so everyone could make sense of it.

I have a book, "why do men have nipples," laying somewhere around my house. It answers questions like these and many other ones. Good toilet read. Very good toilet read.

]]> By: AnUnSi http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/eight-questions-about-the-human-body-that-kids-always-ask/comment-page-1/#comment-512585 AnUnSi Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:15:50 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/eight-questions-about-the-human-body-that-kids-always-ask/#comment-512585 Too bad there's one falsehood at the linked site. It's pretty stupid, since the author contradicts him/herself in the same paragraph. Here is what is stated: "So, that's why men have nipples because at some point (for a very short amount of time) everyone is a girl!" The above is an "old radical feminists' tale" (an updated form of an "old wives' tale"), invented [c. 1970] to make women and girls feel superior to men and boys! The truth is that it is NEVER the case that "everyone is a girl." As the article itself states, a human being has either an "XX" or an "XY" sex chromosome from the moment his life starts (at fertilization = conception). A person with "XX" is a girl from the very first cell until death, while a person with "XY" is a boy until death. Too bad there's one falsehood at the linked site. It's pretty stupid, since the author contradicts him/herself in the same paragraph. Here is what is stated:

"So, that's why men have nipples because at some point (for a very short amount of time) everyone is a girl!"

The above is an "old radical feminists' tale" (an updated form of an "old wives' tale"), invented [c. 1970] to make women and girls feel superior to men and boys!

The truth is that it is NEVER the case that "everyone is a girl." As the article itself states, a human being has either an "XX" or an "XY" sex chromosome from the moment his life starts (at fertilization = conception). A person with "XX" is a girl from the very first cell until death, while a person with "XY" is a boy until death.

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