What do you say?

[-Ralph-]

When your three year old says completely innocently, proudly showing his knowledge with a smile, and out of blue...

"Daddy, this is my biggest finger!" :smt104

http://www.mclol.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/middle-finger1.jpg



He's in the same nursery unit as the after school club now, so early morning and late afternoon, he is mixed in with primary school age kids. I'm quite sure he's got no idea what it means and is just copying something he seen and repeating the explanation he's been given by the nursery staff or one of the older kids.

I didn't want to draw any attention to it by telling him that's a naughty sign and he shouldn't do it, might just encourage him, so I just said

"Very good darling, can you show me the next biggest finger? Now can you show me the littlest finger? Can you show me your thumb? Your a clever boy aren't you" :-dd

What would you do?

[keithd]

What would you do?

ask why my child was Chinese

[Luckypants]

ask why my child was Chinese:winner:

[-Ralph-]

ask why my child was Chinese

Funnily enough I couldn't find a picture of my own child giving the finger on google ;)

[Reeder]

What would you do?

Lock them in a cupboard to give them time to think about what they just did and how wrong it was.

[-Ralph-]

Lock them in a cupboard to give them time to think about what they just did and how wrong it was.

:smt045 That explains a lot!

When does your Mum get out of jail?

[Reeder]

A good few years left as yet.

[Bri w]

After a cr@ppy start to the day I know why I love this virtual place...

Always puts a smile on my ugly mug.

[Quedos]

Probablt do what you already did!

but yeah made me smile as well and give me another reason why I'll never have kids

[JamesMio]

ask why my child was Chinese


:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

[punyXpress]

"Very good darling, can you show me the next biggest finger?"
Rap his knuckles for giving a V-sign? ;)

[embee]

ask why my child was Chinese

One in 6 children is Chinese, so it's bound to happen some time.

[keithd]

One in 6 children is Chinese, so it's bound to happen some time.

reminds me of the Tommy Cooper joke..

"Apparently, 1 in 5 people in the world are Chinese. And there are 5 people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother Colin. Or my younger brother HoChaChu. But I think it's Colin."

[andrewsmith]

One in 6 children is Chinese, so it's bound to happen some time.

:winner:

reminds me of the Tommy Cooper joke..

"Apparently, 1 in 5 people in the world are Chinese. And there are 5 people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother Colin. Or my younger brother HoChaChu. But I think it's Colin."

This thread has brought a smile to my face, followed by that joke.


Regards

bong sala alpha rio bin salaton

[Lozzo]

ask why my child was Chinese

I'd be wondering why my son looked like a Chinese girl.

In truth I thought it was well handled. Don't draw attention to it and distract them by asking other things they might have to think about sounds the best policy. Failing that a sound smack across the ear works well

[kitkat]

i would probably laugh but im a bad mum. libby was walking to the car the other day with daddy. she turned round to him and said "daddy, dont touch the bloody car" and carried on walking. The other day while waiting for ballet to start she announced she had farted (in a loud voice) I said "well thats nice" she said "yeah Im a charmer". lol she cracks me up.

[Milky Bar Kid]

Keith, you never fail! I nearly choked ;)

[xXBADGERXx]

Keith , you are todays Legend

[-Ralph-]

Sandrine didn't want roast potatoes on Sunday, as I went to serve them onto her plate, she waved her hand and said "No thanks Darling, I just made them for you and Euan"

Euan said "Mummy! You'll eat what you're given!"

It is difficult not to laugh sometimes.

[andrewsmith]

Sandrine didn't want roast potatoes on Sunday, as I went to serve them onto her plate, she waved her hand and said "No thanks Darling, I just made them for you and Euan"

Euan said "Mummy! You'll eat what you're given!"

It is difficult not to laugh sometimes.

:smt081:smt043:smt041

[speedplay]

ask why my child was Chinese


Could be worse, could be ginger...:rolleyes:

[xXBADGERXx]

Sandrine didn't want roast potatoes on Sunday, as I went to serve them onto her plate, she waved her hand and said "No thanks Darling, I just made them for you and Euan"

Euan said "Mummy! You'll eat what you're given!"

It is difficult not to laugh sometimes.

A colleague in work had this to report to me a few months ago .....

"Me and the Mrs were talking to the kids about something and my wife said `come on now Poppy , tidy your toys away`" .... Poppy turned around to look at them (age 4) and in a deep voice (for a kid) said "Silence .... Worm" . He has no idea where she got that from either .

[DJFridge]

Funnily enough I couldn't find a picture of my own child giving the finger on google ;)

I should hope not! You just wait until he gets to 10 or 11. My line tends to be, "I don't know what you get up to at school but I don't want to hear that language at home." Clichéd, I know but there isn't a lot else you can say.

[The Idle Biker]

Ha you laugh now, wait till you get it for real when they hit their teens!

Clamp down hard now, tell them it's the good ol two fingers up or nothing. Goes back to the English longbowman sticking two fingers up at the French you know to show they could still pull their bows.

Keep traditions goings don't take the finger from your kids, take two.

[-Ralph-]

Ha you laugh now, wait till you get it for real when they hit their teens!

Clamp down hard now, tell them it's the good ol two fingers up or nothing. Goes back to the English longbowman sticking two fingers up at the French you know to show they could still pull their bows.

Keep traditions goings don't take the finger from your kids, take two.

Good plan! You do know my wife is French eh? ;)

[Lozzo]

Good plan! You do know my wife is French eh? ;)

All the more reason to teach your son the correct way to wind her up.

[Fruity-ya-ya]

I would have done the same but I'm not sure I could have kept the poker face, well done ;)

In the car yesterday Sam (4) was messing with a toy bow (no arrow) by putting the elastic behind his head and stretching it in front of his face.

I calmly explained that it was dangerous and told him it hurts as I found out as a nipper.
Sam took it from his head without question.

Sarah piped up' he's got to make some mistakes for himself', to which I replied 'I agree but I learnt that one the hard way and it's a foolish man that doesn't learn from another fools mistake'.

Sam decided to chip in with 'are you a foolish man Daddy?'.

I had to concede as I was admitting to hitting myself in the face with a toy bow to illustrate the point to him.

Sarah has branded me 'the foolish man' until she can think of something more fitting.

[Swer]

ask why my child was Chinese

:smt044:smt044

[timwilky]

It must be my grand kids then. Was there only me who instinctly looked at the end of the finger expecting to see a huge bogie.