My 4 1/2 year old wanted us to hurry with the grocery shopping today. He was anxious to play with a Christmas train ornament, "The Lionel Train Red Comet Set", that he had waited a number of months to get, and our shopping was holding him up.
During check-out, he asked me if "damn" was a bad word.
Yes, I answered.
(Pause)
What about "beaver dam", he asked.
No, I said, that's a different kind of dam.
Well, he said, let's move this beaver-dam shopping cart and get out of here!
He watched my reaction and then repeated it about 4 or 5 times.
I let his mother field that one. I think she called him a "trouble maker" which only made him happier.
Don't ask me why, but this parenting thing is stressing me out.
