Oh no... did he really just say that??

[Heaven]

omg I have no idea but the same thing happened to me last week. We were in a waiting room and a really large lady came out and DD looks up at her and yells out 'Ooooohhh WOW!! BIG!!'. I was just in shock and tried to distract her.

[Beach Mama]

Can't help it sorry that is classic. My worst was when we passed two gorgeous Sudanese twins at the shop in a pram one day and Iz goes - OOhh they are a bit dark aren't they mummy So innocent but so embarrassing!

[misty]

children.

My kids asked about why someone had a 'teatowel' wrapped around their head. Also why a woman was dressed funny (wearing a full burhka). we have also had the 'small person' comments.

When we were leaving BigW one day my 3yr old DS informed me in a very loud voice that "that man is having a baby", before I could even say anything my DD informed him "no he is not, boys cann't have babies, he just eats too much" and then they got into a huge arguement about it. I felt so bad for the man: it is bad enough being overweight without having people (kids) point it out so bluntly and then carry on arguing about it loudly enough for everyone to hear.


I think the only thing my kids haven't made a comment on so far is skin colour. (don't ask me why - maybe because they know kids their own ages with different skin colours, so they don't see it as too unusual????)

[*Twinkle*]

My girls are famous for this. We are trying at the moment to teach them the art of talking quietly and not announcing things out loud. We also say what Too Many Shoes says, that everybody is different and looks different and has different personalities and thats what makes the world interesting. but we still get the questions. I certainly don't mind answering them, its the embarrassing places and volumes that they ask the questions thats the problem!

[Pretty Butterfly]

My kids arent too bad, But Ds did point to a VERY dark Sudanese man and call out "Look mummy, a Fiji man is here!" after we came back from Fiji!!!

[~*Kat*~]

I had to pull DD up when she was about the same age and tell her that it wasn't nice to say things like that.

Can't help it sorry that is classic. My worst was when we passed two gorgeous Sudanese twins at the shop in a pram one day and Iz goes - OOhh they are a bit dark aren't they mummy So innocent but so embarrassing!

When my DD was about 2 she used to think Sudanese people were dirty and she would say "look dirty" and we used to tell her it wasn't nice but someone gave her a black barbie and she ised to constantly try to wash it telling it it was dirty. She has grown out of that now than goodness

[Rach75]

jacks frist day at kindy yesterday he was so excited when I picked him up as he was allowed his water bottle I said oh did you ask someone yes the big boobed one in the blue (his teacher) we got a couple of sly smiles and giggles

[~Lashes~]

yup, ds1 & ds2 have both done this! would just say everyone is diffrent, we cant all be the same and some people are just like that.

*this may offend some, sorry if it dose*
i now have to limit the time ds1 spends with my mum... we were going down the street, and he saw a man with a turban,
ds1"look he must drive a taxi"
me:"why do you say that?"
ds1"well ALL curries drive taxis"
i nearly died was so mortified! only something he would pick up from my mum! (so lucky the man was to far away to have heard, and ive managed to explain curruie is a type of spice we put in food!)

[~clover~]

DS & I were in the PO a few months ago. DD1's friends father walked in. Dark skin & dreds half way down his back.
DS: 'mum, has he got a knife?'
Me: 'no, why?'
DS: 'he looks like a naughty boy...'

He refers to people he doesn't know by the colour of their clothes... So its lovely when he says to me 'mum, whats that black boys name?' coz the poor guy is wearing a black tshirt, lol.
My kids don't really notice skin colours & with the comments about bigger people etc, I just tell them 'shh, its not nice to say things like that'. Its worked so far.

Except when I was pg with DD2 & DD1 pointed out a bloke with a big belly & said 'look poppy, that man's having a baby too!!'

We have a close family friend, who's in a wheel chair after a bike accident. He loves kids because they are so honest & up front. They just ask & don't get uncomfortable, or ignore the issue.