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We knew the time would come. Eldest is just starting to enlighten us with stories and such that he's learned on the school bus. Oh great.

Tonight at dinner, he blurted out with, "Matthew on the bus says that if you stick up your middle finger, it means a baaaaaaad word."

Hubby responded, very seriously, "YES, it does. Don't ever let me see you doing that, okay. It's really not nice. And it does mean something bad. Something very bad."

All was quiet for a moment.  And then Eldest offered, "I know what bad word it means."

I quietly choked on my spaghetti. Hubby took a deep breath and asked, "You do? What bad word is it?" as we both mentally braced ourselves for the F-bomb to come spilling forth out of our innocent 6 year old's mouth.

Eldest responded, "It means jerk."

Yep, yep it does, buddy.

Whew.

Comments

[Fairly Odd Mother]

LOL, yes. . .jerk. Phew, that was a close call!

[Amy]

Hah! Too funny. That's great.

Sweetie has been very concerned lately about "bad words". There are boys in her class she likes, and others she doesn't because they say bad words.

And we've told her she's not to say "Oh my God!" because it's better to say "Oh my gosh!" or "oh my goodness!" So then when she hears someone say the former, she's all like, "Mama, they said a bad word!".

[Emma kw]

From the mouths of babes!! My darling son, back when he was 3 years old, would go to watch dad play soccer - back when we lived in England, and would proudly stand on the sidelines with all his surrogate Uncles, comment on the game, then head for the clubhouse for a soda and crisps. One day, the father of a little girl from the opposing team accosted my hubby after the game, demanding to know what the H@#* he was teaching his son! When asked, dear little son said " Well, she was annoying me, so I used the magic word" "What magic word?" asked hubby " F@#*k Off" replied serious son. "Why is it magic?' asked bemused hubby. " Coz when I say it, people disappear" replied the 3 year old. In front of the entire team, who , of course, thought this was hilarious!! I was not impressed when Hubby got home and told me! Now our son is all growed up(20), and still goes to watch his dad play soccer, but his language has improved!