Y'know, I'm with the kid on this one -- the woman invaded his personal space and touched him. I admire him for standing up for himself. She overstepped his boundaries and he let her know. Good skill for a child to have.njmac said:
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Funny things your kids have said....
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I'm 14, I don't have any kids.. hopefully. 
Kidding!
I always pronounced burgers boogers when i was younger. hahaha.
"daddy, can we have some boogers for dinner tonight?"
Kidding!I always pronounced burgers boogers when i was younger. hahaha.
"daddy, can we have some boogers for dinner tonight?"
Well, she's not my daughter obviously, my sister who is 13 years younger than me yesterday went up to an elderly woman in a store and said,
"Hi, are you old?" The woman just smiled. Then she turns to me and says, "Cait, I think she's old. Her hair is grey."
The woman just laughed. Gotta love a woman with a sense of humor.
"Hi, are you old?" The woman just smiled. Then she turns to me and says, "Cait, I think she's old. Her hair is grey."
The woman just laughed. Gotta love a woman with a sense of humor.
This weekend just gone I was in the garden digging a path and my 5year old was watching, waiting to help rake the gravel (pronounced 'grabble') out.
So I'm toiling away under the hot sun moving tons of earth and out of the blue she say "Digging is hard work isn't it Daddy?" so I say "Yes, digging is hard work." a few seconds later she gets up and disappear into the kitchen saying "Digging is hard work, it's making me hungry."
So I'm toiling away under the hot sun moving tons of earth and out of the blue she say "Digging is hard work isn't it Daddy?" so I say "Yes, digging is hard work." a few seconds later she gets up and disappear into the kitchen saying "Digging is hard work, it's making me hungry."
When we were potty training our eldest son (now 3 1/2 yrs), we used to sit him on the toilet and say "just do your best", even if he went or not, we would praise him, using "well done", etc...
So, once he started to get the hang of it, when he indicated that he needed to go, we'd set him up on the seat, and then he'd say "Daddy, I'll do my best"
Then, at the airport earlier this year, waiting for a flight to arrive, he tells me he needs to poopoo, so I take him to the bathroom, set him on the seat and wait...he looks at me and says "Daddy, I am going to poopoo, OK? I'll do my best and when I've finished, you say "well done" to me, OK?"...
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One of our very good friends has a 5 yr old son. Since him and his elder sister were young, the parents have had no qualms about calling their respective private parts by their normal names, and the state of excitement in the boy termed "asleep" or "awake"
One evening, they are fooling around close to bedtime and his mum asks him if his penis is awake or asleep...
His response: "It's asleep. And do you know why? Because it's bedtime and it's a good penis"
So, once he started to get the hang of it, when he indicated that he needed to go, we'd set him up on the seat, and then he'd say "Daddy, I'll do my best"
Then, at the airport earlier this year, waiting for a flight to arrive, he tells me he needs to poopoo, so I take him to the bathroom, set him on the seat and wait...he looks at me and says "Daddy, I am going to poopoo, OK? I'll do my best and when I've finished, you say "well done" to me, OK?"...
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One of our very good friends has a 5 yr old son. Since him and his elder sister were young, the parents have had no qualms about calling their respective private parts by their normal names, and the state of excitement in the boy termed "asleep" or "awake"
One evening, they are fooling around close to bedtime and his mum asks him if his penis is awake or asleep...
His response: "It's asleep. And do you know why? Because it's bedtime and it's a good penis"
We're going through the dreaded potty training stage. I'm learning that far more stores have public bathrooms than I realized. And there are drastic degrees of cleanliness. And it seems that every time we visit a store, we need to take a potty break. And I tend to get frustrated if its the third or fourth time in an afternoon.
So when we stopped for yet another potty break, Sean tells me:
"I need to go potty. You don't mind Daddy."
So when we stopped for yet another potty break, Sean tells me:
"I need to go potty. You don't mind Daddy."
My son also needs to go potty at every store we go to but I have a feeling he just likes to check out the bathrooms.Black&Tan said:
We have gone to many a bathroom where he fails to produce the goods and is more interested in playing with the hand dryer.
Unfortunately you never know.
This, I believe, is just a stage....
shumster said:
My son likes to announce that he has "A BIG GIANT PENIS!" (done in his best "overlord" voice) durring his "awake" times.
My som is currently adverse to loud noises. Loud toilets included. So when we went to the bathroom at Lowes (a DIY, home improvement store), he had his first exposure to an infrared, industrial-strength toilet. After going potty, he moved "just" the right way on the toilet and "fwoosh," it went off. He moved so quickly I thought I was going to bust a gut trying to hold in the laughter. There he was in the bathroom, pants down around his ankles, and covering his ears with his hands. Shaking.
I reassured him everything was okay, that this was a special toilet, and it would not go off again until we were ready. We quickly wiped and he stood outside the stall door while I forced the infrared to flush.
I reassured him everything was okay, that this was a special toilet, and it would not go off again until we were ready. We quickly wiped and he stood outside the stall door while I forced the infrared to flush.
I'm so tempted to post a potty story, but my I keep thinking about my 14-yr-old Mac-savvy son, who uses MR. Some day he'll probably see it, and then I'll never hear the end of it if he finds old stories about himself by searching my user name...
That's what I thought too, poor little guy.
devilot said:
That's what I thought too, poor little guy.
Black&Tan said:
And by that time, the thread will be buried.
It's worse with a teenager who constantly sees Mamma laughing at MR posts...
shumster said:
Excuse me for being naive, but at what age can a boy's penis become "awake"? I mean, I'm a guy, but I don't remember having to deal with that until much later than age five. Maybe I'm just forgetting, but I was surprised to hear that a five-year-old boy would know that there was an "awake" state.
annk said:That's what I thought too, poor little guy.
He was okay, just really startled. If it really scared him, he would cry. I gave him a big hug and a kiss, and we chalked it up to another learning experience. He's better if he knows to expect a loud noise, but when it surprises him....
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I dont have children yet, or a wife for that matter (but my lady gets back from studying abroad today!!!!!!!), but i do teach in an elementary school. A student had his behavior corrected and proceeded to react terribly which got him in more trouble. We talked later about his reaction, and how his reactions were what were getting him in trouble. I think i used the word reaction a few time, and apparently that is a difficult word for a 1st grader. they pronounce many things a bit off so you always have to be translating.... anyway......
REACTION was confused and he said ERACTION which sounded exactly like erection to me.
At the end of the school day he comes up to me an says..... Mr. Tholen, I am sorry about today, i will try really hard to keep my eractions under control.
I almost died.... i was very glad it was the end of the day...... i calmy corrected him quickly... REACTIONS REACTIONS and mumbled.... that would be a whole different mess of trouble.
I dont have children yet, or a wife for that matter (but my lady gets back from studying abroad today!!!!!!!), but i do teach in an elementary school. A student had his behavior corrected and proceeded to react terribly which got him in more trouble. We talked later about his reaction, and how his reactions were what were getting him in trouble. I think i used the word reaction a few time, and apparently that is a difficult word for a 1st grader. they pronounce many things a bit off so you always have to be translating.... anyway......
REACTION was confused and he said ERACTION which sounded exactly like erection to me.
At the end of the school day he comes up to me an says..... Mr. Tholen, I am sorry about today, i will try really hard to keep my eractions under control.
I almost died.... i was very glad it was the end of the day...... i calmy corrected him quickly... REACTIONS REACTIONS and mumbled.... that would be a whole different mess of trouble.
It can happen even in infants. It's just that you're usually a bit older before it's of enough interest to cause you to remember it happening.Macaddicttt said:
"my dad has a hooker in his van"
One of the best ones I remember.....
Little boy, kindergarden age listens to adults talking about a boat trailer and "hooking it up" to a truck to tow it. He did not know the word for "Trailer hitch" and like many kids gets "in" and "on" confused. He loadly proclaims to everyone "my dad has a hooker in his van"
This was my sister's son who is now in high school but it still stands as one of the best kid statments I can remember.
One of the best ones I remember.....
Little boy, kindergarden age listens to adults talking about a boat trailer and "hooking it up" to a truck to tow it. He did not know the word for "Trailer hitch" and like many kids gets "in" and "on" confused. He loadly proclaims to everyone "my dad has a hooker in his van"
This was my sister's son who is now in high school but it still stands as one of the best kid statments I can remember.
I have no idea how many silly words, particularly ones made by the kids in error, we've added to our regular vocabularies over the years, but it must be many dozens.
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Just been reminded of another one by a thread in the political/religious forums.
My two daughters favourite film is 'The Sound of Music', it's the only reference to WWII they've probably ever seen and from it they refer to the German/Austrian soldiers as 'nasties'. I haven't bothered to correct their mis-hearing as I think it's clear that at 3 and 5years old they can see these characters for what they are when so many people at the time didn't.
My two daughters favourite film is 'The Sound of Music', it's the only reference to WWII they've probably ever seen and from it they refer to the German/Austrian soldiers as 'nasties'. I haven't bothered to correct their mis-hearing as I think it's clear that at 3 and 5years old they can see these characters for what they are when so many people at the time didn't.
I find it very difficult to believe that you do not know exactly how many such words there are, and when they were added, and which periods of time showed the greatest rates of addition.Doctor Q said:
So I was at a physical therapy appointment this afternoon (for TMJ Dysfunction), and my therapist was telling me a story about her two-year old son, which I thought was quite funny.
"Jack, if you have a little brother what do you want his name to be?"
Jack thought about it for a while really hard and finally said "Paco!"
She laughed a little (she said she had no idea where that came from), and then asked, "Okay, what do you think the name should be if you have a little sister?"
Again, after thinking about it he blurted out "Boobie!"
"Jack, if you have a little brother what do you want his name to be?"
Jack thought about it for a while really hard and finally said "Paco!"
She laughed a little (she said she had no idea where that came from), and then asked, "Okay, what do you think the name should be if you have a little sister?"
Again, after thinking about it he blurted out "Boobie!"
Two fun stories from the mall after work today:
After spending some time at the Apple Store (gee, what a shocker) and discussing Boot Camp with someone there within earshot of my daughter, we went to the food court to eat. I asked her where she wanted to sit, and she picked the darkest, most isolated area. I asked her why, and she said "But Daddy, I heard you tell that man that you don't like windows."
Next, last evening, my daughter was telling my wife how she'd seen a boy pee at school (he left the stall door open). She asked her what the "tubes" were and why she didn't have one. Ah, fun times. Too bad I was too busy to participate in that discussion. Well, anyway, it led to a discussion of the names of the parts (hey, she's only 5 and we hadn't had any reason to mention it before). Today, after our not-by-windows meal, she was discussing that conversation (more fun times...) and then decided to start chanting - and 5-year-olds cannot chant quietly - "Vagina rhymes with China! Vagina rhymes with China!". Lovely.
After spending some time at the Apple Store (gee, what a shocker) and discussing Boot Camp with someone there within earshot of my daughter, we went to the food court to eat. I asked her where she wanted to sit, and she picked the darkest, most isolated area. I asked her why, and she said "But Daddy, I heard you tell that man that you don't like windows."
Next, last evening, my daughter was telling my wife how she'd seen a boy pee at school (he left the stall door open). She asked her what the "tubes" were and why she didn't have one. Ah, fun times. Too bad I was too busy to participate in that discussion. Well, anyway, it led to a discussion of the names of the parts (hey, she's only 5 and we hadn't had any reason to mention it before). Today, after our not-by-windows meal, she was discussing that conversation (more fun times...) and then decided to start chanting - and 5-year-olds cannot chant quietly - "Vagina rhymes with China! Vagina rhymes with China!". Lovely.