A kick me in the balls story

A New York Times article has attracted a bit of
attention for the recent Newbery title, The Power of Lucky.
You should see the reviews on Amazon. Sad to say, they're
all written by adults.

I have my own scrotum story. Well actually, it's a bit more

When my son was in Grade Three he got kicked in the privates
and this is how I had referred to his body parts when speaking
with him, as I do all the children.

One day, I happened to be at the library in the elementary school.
My son's classroom teacher caught me in the hallway. He was gravely
concerned about something my son was talking about. My son, in telling
his friend's how he got kicked in the balls during a wrestling match,
IN FRONT OF THE GIRLS!!!!

Truly, I hadn't any clue where the boy had picked up that expression,
naturally I said so. The teacher went into the classroom and brought
Jayme out into the hallway.

"JAYME!" I exclaimed, completely embarrassed in front of this
super nice respectable teacher!!! "Jayme, that's not the
terminology I used, where did you get that expression from?"
He calmly said, "from you."

"That's NOT what I said, I've been saying the privates!!!"
My son corrected me. He told me how he overheard me on the
phone telling a friend that he had gotten 'kicked in the
balls!'