July 4, 2012
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Wow
Happy Fourth of July!!!!!
Well-I am completely embarrassed about something that happened this morning. Today I am going to have a friend over for lunch and she is bringing her 2 year old. We will eat lunch here and then go swimming. I thought it would be nice if my son had a friend over that is closer to his age so that he could have some fun too. He does have fun when we are with my friend and her son, but not as much as with his own age group. So we invited a little boy that lives near here, and his mom said he could come. Then this morning I got a text message saying that she wanted to know if her entire family could come over and swim too. I thought that was very odd-they are kind of an odd bunch, but to invite your family over??? Weird! So I said that I'm sorry but that I already had other guests planned for and really couldn't accommodate 5 more, but that possibly we could do that on Saturday. She wrote back and said ok. Then a few minutes later she wrote again and said that he son isn't really wanting to come here alone because when my son took him to VBS that he had been talking on the way home about women's breasts and bodies, and things like that. Apparently that made her son really uncomfortable and now he is nervous to come here and hang out. I asked my son about it and he looked absolutely terrified and admitted that the whole thing is true. He said he had heard some kids talking about stuff like that at school, and his friend was involved, so he thought that kid would think it was funny. Of course, we had a LONG< LONG talk about that, and he is now set to go and apologize to that kid and his mother/father.. I continued talking with his mom about it via text, and in the end, the kid does still want to come over. I think he just wanted to be reassured that it wouldn't happen again, and of course so did his mother. I am completely embarrassed....my son knows better than that!!! Well, at least I thought he did! I know there is a saying that "boys will be boys", but man....I wish mine was still 2 sometimes!!!
. To think that he even brought up that topic on the way home from VBS! Wow. I don't even know what to say. I guess some days I feel like a more successful parent than other days? To make matters slightly worse, the older brother to the one my son's age had developed a pornography problem at some point when he was in his teens because a friend dared him to watch porn, and he kind of got a little bit of an obsession before the parents found out and got involved. Yikes.It is only 11:15...I wonder what other kinds of things will happen before the end of the day.
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Some days there are ups and downs to being a parent,,,,,,,and then some days there are downs and ups.
That is an interesting story and one that has a great lesson for many people. It's unfortunate, but there will always be some kids at school who are talking about things they really shouldn't be talking about. And then of course other kids here everything and they start thinking well if those kids can talk about it than they can too. In the end though kids are kids.... it's not their fault. They hear things and they are curious. I think the blame needs to be put on some of these kids' parents.
They sometimes just put their kids in front of the TV and allow the TV to parent their children. And other times a lot of the things kids say is based off what they here at home. And I am sure there are tons of kids in this world that live in homes there the parents talk inappropriately in front of their children on a regular basis. It's good that you had a nice talk with your son. And I'm sure he has learned from that. Obviously it wasn't his fault, but it's good that he has learned an important lesson. I just hope some other parents wake up and start really thinking about what they are saying and how it will influence their kids.
Anyways I hope that you had a wonderful 4th of July.... it must have been perfect if you got to spend the day by the pool. Take care and I'll talk to you later, bye for now.
Kyle
I think the best part was that the mother told you what happened and when you questioned your son, he admitted it. You took the opportunity to talk to him and now he knows it was wrong and he won't do it again. I expect that other boy will become one of his best friends before long. Hope your holiday went well. It sure started with a bang, didn't it!
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