I’m not sure how it is with girls, but with young boys, parents must quickly acclimate to the “gross factor” as one of my friends who is adopting a young boy is quickly finding out. He’s already had incidents with boogers and poop. My boys think “poop” is the funniest word in the world…followed by “Toot” in a very close 2nd. I remember the two of my boys having a conversation that lasted 10 minutes while we were in Tombstone Arizona that pretty much just consisted of those 2 words. It was very silly, but to them it was as funny as Jerry Lewis, Richard Pryor, and Will Ferrell all combined!
And, then there’s just a kid’s complete and utter disregard for all things germy! We were at a basketball game in Charlotte, NC, and I had to take the boys to the bathroom. One goes in a stall. I go to the urinal. My 2nd boy didn’t need to use the bathroom, so he struck up a conversation with me. Then, all casual like, puts his hand on the side of his head and leans his elbow into the adjacent urinal as if he was leaning up against a wall!