New Word

Christian has learned a new word. "Stupid" He told me "You're stupid" yesterday. Lucky it didn't appear to be used in the correct context because I really don't think I was doing anything "stupid" at the time. He said it while we were playing in his room. So that means he really isn't sure what the word means. But I had to quickly think about how to deal with this. I got a very serious (but not mad) face and said "That's not a nice word, we don't call people that."

Then later after Chris was home he said it again, so he heard it too. Then we did our best tag team parenting and both got the serious face and again told him we don't say that word and we don't call people that...then we used the big "T" word...We said that word would get him in timeout. That put an end to the word for the night.

Now I know this isn't the worst word he will ever say, but I don't want him getting into the habit of using this word.

After I had time to think about it, this entire situation reminded me of the first bad word Stacy (aka Aunt Sassy) said. I happen to be present when she said hers and I think she was about the same age. Her word was a little worse and I won't type it out here, but it was a similar situation. She was chasing after me and a friend and she called this friend of mine a bad word. My friend and I both stopped in out tracks and thought...OOOOOO she is in trouble, because that is a BAD word, because we were about 11 years old and we knew we would get in trouble if we said it.

Then we heard Sheri say from the living room say "Stacy Renee, what did you just say?!?!?" Then she knew she was in trouble.

There is nothing like having a child in your life to make you pay more attention to your words and how you use them. So watch out...little eyes watch and little ears hear...and repeat.