The worst word of all...

My 6 yr old asked me a couple of weeks ago what it meant when you stick your middle finger up. I told him that it’s a very bad gesture, and he should never do it, because it will make people very angry. He was content with that, and moved on.

Last week, I got a phone call from his school. He was in the principals office for…guess what…flipping the bird in class.
*sigh*
So off I go to pick him up that afternoon, and I ask him what happened. He told me it was not just him, but a bunch of his friends cutting up in class. He did admit to being the first one to do it though, which is what I was afraid of.

So again, I told him what it meant. This time I used the word. I asked him what the worst word he knew was. He said “the word that starts with F, right Mom?”

Yes son, that word. The most awful word there is. And did you know that sticking up your middle finger is sign language for that word?

Stunned silence.

“No Mom, I had no idea that’s what it meant.”

So you’re not going to do it again, are you?

“Never Mom, I promise.”

See, I should have told him when he first asked about it. Don’t hide things from your kids. It always comes back to bite you in the ass.

I have to admit though, I snickered pretty hard when I hung up with the principal that day.