Funny...But not...
After school last week Katie and I were cleaning up the room and waiting with 3 students for their buses to be called. Colten said something about "they said a bad word"...Katie, who was paying most of her attention to her task at hand said, "who said a bad word?"
Colten answered "You know, in that song".
"Oh - what did they say?" Katie asked, thinking he was refering to one of our school songs which occasionally have lyrics like "dumb old lummuck".
"Crazy B*tch" Colten answered plainly.
I was sweeping the floor and had to turn away to try not to laugh.
"You're right - those are not nice words" Katie said, downplaying it so the other 2 kids in the room wouldn't catch on that those are REALLY bad words. Fortunately they didn't seem to notice. Katie and I recovered and all was well.
Later we talked about the humor factor of the moment but also wondered why people think that it's OK to play songs with lyrics like that around children as if they won't understand them. Colten is 5 years old and he's as smart as a whip. He knows what he is hearing. I just hope he always remembers those are bad words and doesn't repeat them. Of course this is also the same kid who hurt himself on the monkey bar dome and said "ouch - I cracked my nuts". He wasn't trying to be funny (although it was at the moment due to the unexpected nature of it!) I think that's just the way they talk in his home. Nice.
Colten answered "You know, in that song".
"Oh - what did they say?" Katie asked, thinking he was refering to one of our school songs which occasionally have lyrics like "dumb old lummuck".
"Crazy B*tch" Colten answered plainly.
I was sweeping the floor and had to turn away to try not to laugh.
"You're right - those are not nice words" Katie said, downplaying it so the other 2 kids in the room wouldn't catch on that those are REALLY bad words. Fortunately they didn't seem to notice. Katie and I recovered and all was well.
Later we talked about the humor factor of the moment but also wondered why people think that it's OK to play songs with lyrics like that around children as if they won't understand them. Colten is 5 years old and he's as smart as a whip. He knows what he is hearing. I just hope he always remembers those are bad words and doesn't repeat them. Of course this is also the same kid who hurt himself on the monkey bar dome and said "ouch - I cracked my nuts". He wasn't trying to be funny (although it was at the moment due to the unexpected nature of it!) I think that's just the way they talk in his home. Nice.
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It's your old pal Julie from the Children's House...WAY back when! I stumbled on your blog through Facebook.
Just had to relate to that story...I teach kindergarten and that kind of stuff happens a lot! And you're absolutely right: it's funny...but not.
Hope all is well!!!