Why you shouldn't let your 6-year old go to a public "potty" by herself...

We were shopping in Meijer yesterday and my daughter had to "go to the potty."  She wants to go into the stall by herself.  I let her, and about about 2 minutes later she says, "Daddy, what is f-ck?  There was a guy in a stall next to her just let out an explosive snicker.  I say, "Honey, that's a very bad word, I don't want you saying it again."  She then proceeds to start reading some of the other things so I decided to tell to stop reading all the other stuff.

On the way home I told her it was a very nasty way of saying how two people love each other.  I just didn't feel like talking about sex yet...:)  So she says they should say love instead.  :)  So now every time she hears someone say the f-bomb, she's going to correct and them to say "love" instead...:)

I'm not sure if I should laugh, but I found it amusing, and I'm going to be a little more careful since her reading has vastly improved the last 4 months.

Comments

[Victor]

lol - i probably would have laughed along with the stall guy. that's cool that she'll be doing a little "replace with:" for a while, though. :)

[Joel Shaffer]

Mike, very funny story!!! It's amazing what our kids pick up... About 3 or 4 years ago, my oldest daughter who is now ten was watching T.V. She looks over to me and says out of the blue, "What the h_ll's going on around here?" After asking if she knew what she'd said, she realized she didn't know what she was saying and then began sobbing like a little baby. I then spent the next half hour comforting her. Ah, the joys of parenting!!!