When my Dd was just a little thing, Kindie, I think. We were standing in line at her school behind an African American woman and Dd asks me full our loud, "why is her skin so dark", I just said because that's how God made her, we are all different in many ways. The woman turned around and thanked me. We actually lived on military base, which are very diverse, so this just came up right then for what ever reason. Just keep the explanations simple, they learn the most about treating others by watching us.Â
@MarT: My youngest was notorious for blurting out some pretty random stuff and I am not even sure where she got half the stuff from. Once we were eating out and she couldn't have been more than 2-3 when all of a sudden she stands up in the booth, points at a rather large man walking by and shouts "look at that man, he's really FAT!!!". My husband and I slowly sank down in our seats. Another time I was out with her (probably at church or something) when she decides to tell us "**** is a bad word" rather loudly. Mortified, I tell her Kellie, we don't say that. So she repeats it - "I'm just telling you **** is a bad word, we don't say ****". No we don't, Kellie, that is a very bad word. Then she keeps repeating it and the more I try to shush her the louder she gets till she is practically screaming "sh!it is a bad word!!" Â Of course by now my older daughter is laughing at her and making her even more upset. I think I finally picked her up and got the heck out of there. I have no idea why she decided she needed to tell us that at that moment in time, but it makes for a good laugh for me still today.
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