My 4 year old grandson said the 'F' word.

[trof]

My daughter picked Jack up from pre-school today.
His teacher walked out with her and said "I need to talk to you for a minute."

Uh oh.
"Is something wrong?"
"Well, Jack said the 'F' word today."
Her jaw dropped.

We're careful to watch our language around Jack. He's like a tape recorder.
And the 'F' word is not one that we bandy about, anyway.

His teacher continued, with a little smile on her face.
"4 or 5 of the kids were whispering in a corner and pointing at Jack.
OK, boys and girls, what's going on?"
"JACK SAID THE 'F' WORD!!!"

She called Jack over. Said his eyes were as big as saucers.
"Now Jack, just this one time, I want you to whisper in my ear the word you said."
And Jack put both hands around her ear, and in a very low whisper that no one else could hear said:
"Fight."
She started laughing.

"OK kids, listen up. 'Fight' is not a bad word. Jack is NOT a bad boy.
It's OK to say it, just not to DO it."
My daughter was greatly relieved and she and Jack went for an ice cream cone to help and soothe his trauma.

Oh my.
;-)

[YellowRubberDuckie]

1. That is the cutest story.

What a sweet little boy.
Duckie

[trof]

2. And he's gonna have a little something-or-other.

I'm gonna be a grandpa again.
We'll know what flavor by Christmas.

[brook]

10. Congratulations, Grandpa!

Great 'Jack' story.

My grandaughter came home from kindergarten one day and told her Mom that she'd seen the "F' word written on some playground equipment. Daughter explained that older kids sort of go through a phase where they think it's funny to scrawl the "F" word on things.

"I don't think it was the older kids, Mom. It wasn't in cursive".

[rug]

3. He said Foley?

[trof]

4. Oh jeez. Another 'F' word.

Oh dear.
;-)

[Pithlet]

5. Cute story.

My two year old really did say the actual F word the other day. I'd knocked something over and he looked at me solemnly and asked "Are you going to say fuck, now?" We are careful about not swearing around them, especially the F word, but apparently not careful enough :blush:

[trof]

9. Like I said..."tape recorder".

Not 'parrot'.
You have to say it over and over again for a parrot to get it.
A 4 year old gets it first take.

[Shine]

6. Years of therapy later.....

he'll work through the trauma of this day. :D

Funny story, trof, thanks for sharing.

These damn kids say the cutest things sometimes...

[trof]

7. I figure by the time he gets married...

or unioned...or whatever...he won't remember a thing about it.

That's what the grownups used to tell me.
"By the time you get married, it'll be well."
About stitches, cuts, scratches, whatever.

[Conan_The_Barbarian]

8. I love the -Word phase

I remeber when we discovered around the age of 9 or 10 that you were suddenly not strucken down by some mysterious force when using one of the "forbidden words". Oh boy did we swear alot in 6th grade hehe.

[trof]

11. I learned "two-bit whore" in the 6th grade.

It's a long story which I may relate at another time.
;-)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. My youngest, for a time, could not pronounce "tr"...

It always came out as an "f".
This made for an embarrassing scene whenever we were out in public and he saw a truck.

Thanks for the laugh! :toast:

[trof]

13. Jack's 'TH's are 'D's, or 'T's.

A lot like his N'awlins Cajun grandfather.
Dorothy was "Dahr-tee".
hee

[ZombieNixon]

14. Huh...

I said the REAL F-word ("fuck" for those of you who still aren't sure) when I was three. I misread the label "funk" on my portable keyboard. My parents were rather shocked. I soon stopped saying it thereafter. :P

[Pied Piper]

15. Reminds me of a story...

When I was in college, I had dinner with one of my fellow students and her family. Her mother told the story of when Margaret was but a wee lass, she had gone into a public restroom and saw a word on the wall of the stall. "Mommy, I saw a word on the wall, what does it mean?" "What was the word" (Uh-0h...) "Fluck!" "Honey, that's not even a real word!" "OK, thanks, Mommy!"

[RetroLounge]

16. Whew!

I was afraid he said Floogeldy...

:rofl:

RL