Kids say the darndest things
CHILDREN, in their innocence, will sometimes be brutally honest in their assessments of life situations that we as adults learn to be politically correct about. No doubt all of us parents would have experienced these cringeworthy situations, and below are some examples.
Dr Ryan Halsall:
I was home playing doctor with my daughters where they were the doctors and I was the patient. So Dr Siyana and Dr Milan were present. I’m writhing in pain and I yell, “Help me, doctor!” The older one, Siyana says, “Hmmmm, I’m thinking. Ahah! I found the cure!”
“But what’s the problem?” I ask.
“Whenever I want to poo my belly hurts, so that’s what’s happening to you,” she explains.
Moya Cooke:
My nine-year-old, commenting on my newest Netflix interest, Dexter: “I think only a psychopath would be as addicted to such a programme as you are. Should I be worried about you, mother?”
Kerry-Ann Armstrong:
I have two kids. My son is seven and my daughter is five. One Saturday my son said he was having a headache and asked to rest for the day. I said OK. At about 2:00 pm he started annoying his little sister. Frustrated, she looked at him with knitted brows, folded her arms and said, “You feel better? Come let me give you something to do before something does you.”
Marie Johnson:
My four-year-old niece and I were at the supermarket and she got excited and started running and picking up all sorts of stuff, even diapers. To make her task harder I gave her the shopping basket to hold and started picking up things we needed. Eventually I got to the toiletries aisle and took up a pack of sanitary napkins. On top of her voice she blurted out, “Oh, you use those too?” I quickly shoved it down in the basket and walked away as men who were further down in the aisle picking up soap started laughing.
Tanya Clarke:
My friend told me this story. Her seven-year-old daughter had heard about Gully Bop at school, and wanted to see a picture of the artiste. On seeing his missing teeth, the child uttered, “Wow, his tongue must get really lonely.”
Sarah Powell:
I had explained to my seven-year-old the link between a good education, staying in school, and where we ultimately end up in life. I told him that if he dropped out of high school, for example, he couldn’t get to be the pilot he wants to be. Once we were at the gas station and the attendant was a bit grumpy and abrupt in taking our order. My son blurted out, “She’s acting like it’s our fault she didn’t stay in school and ended up working here.”
Okeno Johnson:
I was in the bank with my daughter and decided to hold her in my arms to prevent her from running around with the other children who were there. Anyway, an old man was behind us in the line and he started playing with her. I saw her looking over my shoulder at him so I turned around and greeted him with a smile. I realised he had no teeth. I turned around and felt when she jumped back and then said in a very loud voice, “Daddy, is it because he has no teeth why he doesn’t brush them? He doesn’t smell good.” I was so embarrassed, all I could do was look at her with my eyes wide open, then I put her to stand in front of me and said, “Finger on your lips.”
