3 yr olds and monsters

[Chandra Amaya]

That was funny. It's so hard to keep a straight face when they do things like this. My youngest son came off the bus while in first grade & told me he was something another student had called him. When I told him he couldn't say this because it was a bad word, he cried. I explained since he didn't know the word it was ok just to not say it again. After that I made a deal with all the kids that if they don't know a word they can say it to me once while asking if it is ok to say. After that they will be in trouble for using it again if it is bad. It's funny how we have to change to ground rules sometimes.

[judy]

That was too cute. How else do you get rid of a monster? I think the Mom handled it well. When my daughter was 3, I took her off the bus the first day of camp and asked her "How was camp, honey?" Her reply, in her sweet little 3 year old voice - "It was s**t." All I could do after I finally was able to talk was to tell her that **** was a bad word, and that maybe she'd like camp the next day.

[Emmsmom]

I finally got it to come up. That was soo funny! The look on her face was cute too.