Kids say...

[Rine]

...the strangest things, don't they?

I teach a second grade Sunday school class. One of the little girls in the class has a father that works with my mother.

My mom came home from work and told me a little story. Apparently, the little girl told her dad what we are studying in class....the Sacrament of Penis! :eek:

We are studying the Sacrament of Penance. AKA Reconciliation...we are learning about confession. Sacrament of Penis, eh? I don't know if I'll be able to say that word again in class without thinking of what that girl said.

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Yesterday after class, one of the boys started talking to me about video games and he was amazed that his teacher played video games. I told him, "Yeah, I played when I was your age!" So, he got a wide eyed look at said,

"You've been playing since the caveman days!" At my questioning look, he said, "You know, like the flintstone people!"

I know I don't look that old--I'm only 22! How old do they think I am? :cry:

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I don't know if you guys know what the Naked Brothers band is...it's some show on Nick. Well, before I knew about it, I was talking with a kid in my class last year. I asked him what he did that day, and he said, "I watched Naked Brothers play!"

So, I was like, WTF? Naked Brothers? What the hell are his parents letting him do at home?

Then, I was at home a few days later, and saw an advert for the show and everything made sense...


Anyone else have stories to share?

[Parrothead]

When I was 16, some of my campers said that I was 42. I don't look 42...:cry:

But I also got to scare the kids with "Psyco" and "Killer". They are barrels on rebar legs and a saddle on them. We taught the kids to mount and the basics of steering on them.

[Becks]

I know I don't look that old--I'm only 22! How old do they think I am? :cry:

Don't feel bad. To young children, everything older than them is ancient. And just wait until they have kids of their own. :lol:

[Thrifty]

One day when I was teaching Faith Formation (basically Sunday School) to a group a five year old, the discussion of ages came up. "How old are you Ms. A?!?"

"I'm 18"

Just imagine 4 five year olds looking up at you with this amazed expression saying "wwoooowww, that's old!"

[strawbabies]

When I was in kindergarten, my parents sent me to a private school that had grades pre-k through 8. I remember thinking that the 8th graders were really old. And I couldn't imagine myself ever being a teenager.

On my sister's 3rd birthday she asked my dad, "Am I old enough to call you Pop?" Strange thing was, she hardly talked at all before that day. We've spent the 20 years since trying to get her to shut up.

[Severen13]

A few weeks ago I'm on the bus and sitting across from a dad and his squirmy 3-year-old daughter, and they have the following conversation:

Dad: "Honey, you need to sit still. Be a good little princess."
3-year-old looks up at her dad with a big smile: "But Daddy, I'm not a princess. I'm an Evil Queen!"

:D

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I get on the elevator with my apartment building's maitenance man, his wife, and their two little daughters. The older daughter, about 6, notices me pushing the button to the 3rd floor (where my apartment is).

6-year-old: "You live on the 3rd floor?"
Me: "Yup."
6-year-old: "Wow, that's wwwaaayyyy up there!"

Yes, yes it is. :lol:

[sportsmom]

When I was 16, my best friend and I went to my aunt's house for a week and helped teach vacation bible school to 2-3 yo's. We had one little girl, E, who loved to be around the boys.

One evening we had taken the kids outside for a snack and to run a little bit when a group of bigger boys came out and were playing basketball. E took one look at them, and said "Look! Boys." in that very awed 3yo voice like they were the coolest things ever. E turned to my BF, C, handed her her juice and cookies and said "here, you hold this. I'm going to play with the boys." and took off running. C had to hand me the snack and take off after E to catch her before she got to the basketball court.

The funniest part of E's fascination with boys is the fact that she is the pastor's daughter. :lol:

[unholypet]

I was in Wal-Mart one day, and the only other folks in the aisle were a mother, father, and daughter in the child seat of their cart.

The girl was too young for kindergarten, and when I walked past I smelled something bad and wrinkled my nose.

Th girl laughed, pointed at me, then yelled," I'M A GASBAG I'M A GASBAG!" OVER AND OVER!!

:roll:

[crazylegs]

My mother is a Head Teach at an infant school close to where we live

One day she was having a conversation with a 'troubled' kid who had problems with
a) staying put, unless the gates were locked he RAN
b) his language,

Now he running was solved with some padlocks, but my Ma had to pull him over one day about his swearing (he was no older than 6 at the time),
Ma, Now John (Doe), we don't use language like that here
John, why not?
Ma, well its not very nice and it upsets people
John, bloody hell, I wish some f@cker had told me!

:lol::eek::lol:

[Toujin]

That video game post actually reminds of something I tend to do when there are really old video games and kids around. I point to said games and say "These were the games of your elders."

[tropicsgoddess]

Note: I am the oldest of 3 daughters in my family and we each have a 2 year age difference with each other. Yes, I am a bad older sis for posting this from the family "vault" .:devil:

Intro To Fire Safety

My middle sis, L was in Kindergarten at the time and her teacher was asking each of the kids what they would do in case a fire breaks out in their home. L pipes up and says "We don't have to worry about that because my parents have a water bed". :roll::lol::roll::roll::roll::roll:


Colors Of The Rainbow

My youngest sis, D was around pre-school age at the time and like most children at that age you draw pictures of your family in crayon (we had the big box set) and due to my family being light skinned, she drew us in the peach color. I forget exactly what happened there, but all I can remember is her saying "I'm not white, I'm peach!" :lol::lol::lol::roll::roll::roll:

[BookstoreEscapee]

A guy in my old department told me this story:

He has a toddler neice (she was about 18 months or so at the time). Not sure where she picked this up, when something went wrong (dropped something, etc.) she would go "Oohhh shit!"

One day his wife was babysitting, and she was trying to put an alternative phrase into the baby's head, so when something happened, she would say "UH-oohhh!!"

It worked...sort of...

the baby started saying "UH-oohhh...Oohhh shit!!"

:lol:

[Saydrah]

This one is a little disturbing but funny

My niece once woke up in the middle of the night and caught my sis and her SO in the shower together. They said "We were wrestling!" and hustled her off to bed.

Now when you try to put her to bed she whines, in the most plaintive tone imaginable, "But I CAN'T go to bed, you do things WITHOUT me after I go to bed! I want to see what you do at night!"

......NO YOU DON'T KID!

[wolfie]

Don't feel bad. To young children, everything older than them is ancient. And just wait until they have kids of their own. :lol:

Another way of looking at it - even with a very inefficient compost box, it takes only 1-2 years from when you put the organic waste in until the good soil is ready to take out, so you really are older than dirt.

:roll:

[draftermatt]

The funniest thing my nephew said (in my prescence):

We had to take him to a meeting with my insurance broker. During the meeting he farted (he wasn't quite 3 at this point) He turns and looks at me and says "Uncle Matt, FART!"

Of course this is the same kid who comes into our house and grabs the PS2 controller so he can play San Andreas.

Yes I am aware how horrible of an Uncle that makes me.