tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124183401047386327.post6301013319923967273..comments2023-08-17T03:43:20.335-07:00Comments on What's up?: The Most Horrible Word in the WorldAlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14738462345516637421noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124183401047386327.post-27090247260627793412008-05-26T06:24:00.000-07:002008-05-26T06:24:00.000-07:00Oh, Al! You are such a good dad! I laughed hysteri...Oh, Al! You are such a good dad! I laughed hysterically as I read this because I'm safely past these experiences. As I read I remembered having the word you refered to come home on CHURCH STATIONARY in a letter about one of our boys using the word in nursery school at 4! It was ultra embarrassing at the time. We have talked about it over dinner since and it turns out the kid remembered it well and had a whole back story we didn't know at the time. <BR/>I can tell you the joys of having grown kids is just around the corner. Don't miss the ones you are having now, but it gets even better! <BR/>Keep up the excellent parenting. You are making the world a better place!Thunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00756331368215428307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124183401047386327.post-81903556361194449422008-05-21T06:44:00.000-07:002008-05-21T06:44:00.000-07:00Thank you so much for sharing your story about thi...Thank you so much for sharing your story about this - my 2 year old has just started being sassy toward me (NOT swearing by any means, though!) and my husband and I are trying to figure out just where she could have picked up phrases like, "You shut your mouth!".....I think I found the source. She really likes a book about manners that gives examples of naughty things and the RIGHT way to do things and treat people. Unfortunately she grabbed on to the wrong end of the lesson! Does this mean I shouldn't read her the book? Nope, just have to deal with telling her that we don't talk to people that way, etc and perhaps do a better job of explaining what's happening in the book. <BR/><BR/>Like you said, you thought you were monitoring your son and doing the right thing, and you were! YouTube does have some REALLY nasty stuff that I don't want my kids to see, but there are also tons of great animated Dr. Seuss books and things like that. I think it's a site that we have to use WITH our children with constant monitoring - I just SO wish there were a child-friendly channel there. Let's start a movement to get one, huh? Oh, and I absolutely LOVE the idea of a hand signal! We'll have to implement that as our kids get older :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com