Doll With a Penis Freaks Out Shoppers

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One mom was recently alarmed to discover that the "boy" version of a diaper-changing doll she bought for her daughter at Toys R Us came complete with anatomically correct groin.

The Huffington Post reports that a New Jersey mom caused a stir on Facebook when she a photo of a naked baby doll, complete with penis. It appears she bought the "You & Me Mommy Change My Diaper Doll," or something very similar, for her daughter. "When she went to change his diaper, this was the surprise.. Why?? These r little girls that don't need to know the anatomy," she commented.

Over at SheKnows, Monica Beyers uses the incident to argue that you should, in fact, calmly reach your children about bodies, including the fact that different people have different parts and it's really not a big deal:

"How on earth is it inappropriate for a child to see a naked baby? What about a baby makes a penis or a vulva dirty or sexual? Because that's what it sounds like when people say that it's wrong for little girls to see it. The truth is, when a child points out the body part that she doesn't have, all a parent is required to do is call it by its name."

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