What to Do When Your Child Says (and Does) the Darndest Things

June 29, 2011 at 9:31 PM

Your child announces, "Mommy! Look! That lady has such a big tummy!" and the woman is not pregnant.

Your child hits another kid at the playground.

Your kid has just pooped/vomited/spewed snot/deposited some other bodily fluid on someone else's couch or rug.

Your child opens up a birthday present, looks at the giver, and remarks, "I already have that!" or "I don't like it!"

Your kid has a meltdown in the supermarket and everyone is staring.

Out of the blue your child proudly announces to somone, "I have a vagina!" or "I have a penis!"

Your child said a bad curse word in front of another adult.

Your child announces, "Mommy! Look! That lady has such a big tummy!" and the woman is not pregnant.

Your child announces, "Mommy! Look! That lady has such a big tummy!" and the woman is not pregnant.-
For starters, get down on the child's eye level and quietly say, "You are right, and I will tell you about it after we leave." If said big-bellied woman is glaring at you, you could try tossing off a remark like, "Kids really do say the darndest things!" and move away, fast. Then pray your little one never notices how jiggly your thighs are.
Here's what you should explain to your kid once you get home.

For more embarrassing kid moments and how to handle them, visit Babble.

By Ellen Seidman

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