I'm just going to spit it out....my oldest, who is almost 8, came home from school and asked what a
whore was 😳....what the what!!!!! My heart felt like it skipped a few beats! Generally when my
kids repeat a questionable word that they've heard outside our home, my method is to give little to no attention to it, as to not give I life. There are times that a word does need explaining but in my experience if they get a rise out of me then they store that little nugget away for a time that they want to see mom squirm. But this, this word got me fired up...for one, its a terrible word and second, it made me sad that on some level a small amount of innocence was lost the second that word entered his ears and exited his mouth. I know, I know..he didn't know what it meant but gosh darn..I thought I still had time to be a filter for my son, the ability to sift through the things that were in the "need to know" category and the things that were in the "you never need to know" category. Really the "your ears are too pure" category.
He said that he heard it from a 3rd grader at recess, apparently a few minutes of 2nd and 3rd grade recess overlap. This isn't the first time he's repeated a word a 3rd grader said to him. The first time it was the word "Weiner" and he got sent to the principal's office for it😆. That one was silly, I mean we don't use that name in our house for privates, its not appropriate but it's not that serious either. now the word "whore"...why a 3rd grader would know or use that word I don't know either. So my question moms is....do you go the school about this? Am I being crazy?
This is entirely new territory for me and my husband, this is our oldest child therefore we are entering into a new season. I'd like to use instances such as these as learning opportunities because we have two younger children and I definitely don't want to freak out every time something like this comes along. I want to be prepared!!
whore was 😳....what the what!!!!! My heart felt like it skipped a few beats! Generally when my
kids repeat a questionable word that they've heard outside our home, my method is to give little to no attention to it, as to not give I life. There are times that a word does need explaining but in my experience if they get a rise out of me then they store that little nugget away for a time that they want to see mom squirm. But this, this word got me fired up...for one, its a terrible word and second, it made me sad that on some level a small amount of innocence was lost the second that word entered his ears and exited his mouth. I know, I know..he didn't know what it meant but gosh darn..I thought I still had time to be a filter for my son, the ability to sift through the things that were in the "need to know" category and the things that were in the "you never need to know" category. Really the "your ears are too pure" category.
He said that he heard it from a 3rd grader at recess, apparently a few minutes of 2nd and 3rd grade recess overlap. This isn't the first time he's repeated a word a 3rd grader said to him. The first time it was the word "Weiner" and he got sent to the principal's office for it😆. That one was silly, I mean we don't use that name in our house for privates, its not appropriate but it's not that serious either. now the word "whore"...why a 3rd grader would know or use that word I don't know either. So my question moms is....do you go the school about this? Am I being crazy?
This is entirely new territory for me and my husband, this is our oldest child therefore we are entering into a new season. I'd like to use instances such as these as learning opportunities because we have two younger children and I definitely don't want to freak out every time something like this comes along. I want to be prepared!!
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