Words have meaning and younger siblings figure them out way too soon!
My son just finished his first year of kindergarten and he was exposed to some interesting words and phrases for the first time. These nifty additions to his vocabulary obviously came from some of his classmates with older siblings.
Now that he is home for summer vacation, he is trying to incorporate the newfound vocabulary into his everyday vernacular. This is a bit of a problem, given that super conservative/proper grandma and grandpa are providing childcare for the next few months.
A telling example that will give you a glimpse of my Mom’s conservative nature; when I said damn for the first time in front of my mother, I was 18 years old. Immediately upon the utterance of the word, huge crocodile tears welled up in her eyes and she sobbed, “it sounds like you’ve said that before.” She then retired to her room and cried for several hours. Thick skin is not an apt description of my sweet mother.
Thus I am afraid that utterances of dirty words from the angelic grandkids may be devastating. Given the past few weeks, there will be interesting words emanating from the mouths of babes.
The other day while playing with some plastic crap, my eldest son uttered, “I’m pissed off.” Examining his countenance, he neither looked frustrated nor angry, so I asked him “do you know what that means?” His response, “I have no idea.” So I explained the meaning of the phrase. “Oh” he said and continued to play happily.
Just this weekend, as he was playing with a homemade bow and arrow made from blue prints garnered from The Dangerous Book for Boys, he exclaimed proudly that he was going to “get me in the nuts!” Not sure if fully he grasped the meaning of this reference, I asked “do you know what that means?” His reply “ I have no idea.” So I explained to him the anatomical references as to what body parts “nuts” described.
Tickled he laughed loudly, but his younger sister jubilantly screamed “shoot him in the jewels Walker, shoot him in the jewels!”
Oh boy, it’s going to be a long summer.
This is great! Ha! Best of luck to you in this challenge…
Veronica
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Coop knows all the words and exactly how to use them. He may have picked them up from his two older siblings. More likely, he learned them from his mother. Or it may be my fault. This morning I hauled him out to the picnic bench outside our house, instructed him to look at the camera and say, “Dad, why do people fart?”
LOL!
My son is only 1.5, and I’ve already told him several times “Don’t kick Daddy in the jimmy,” and “Don’t grab your gnar” when changing diapers… Kinda hoping that eventually, when the meanings take hold, it’ll be more obscure/humorous and not profane when he utters them amidst adults…