A man walked in and Aubrey pointed to his ankle and we had the following conversation:
- Aubrey: Mama, what's that?
- Mama: Those are the man's shorts
- Aubrey: No, Mama, what's THAT (pointing again)?
- Mama: Oh, sorry honey, those are the man's socks and shoes.
- Aubrey (at this point if she knew how to roll her eyes she would have): NO, Mama, what's THAT, on the man's ankle?
- Mama: That is paint.
- Aubrey: Why did he paint his leg?
- Mama: Do you want a lollipop?
I have no idea how to address these types of questions from my daughter. It is becoming harder to distract her with shiney objects when she sees or hears something I want to pretend doesn't exist in the world she is growing up in.
Before I get yelled at from friends and family: I am not saying there is anything WRONG with tattoos... I just don't know if I need to have that conversation with my daughter before she turns 3!
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I've found that having those conversations are always easier than you'd think. Like the whole death thing. I was terrified of explaining it to Olivia. But circumstances pushed the issue and she seemed to get it and handle it a lot better than I would have thought.
Oh, and she and I will be getting tats next week. I'm going to get a dragon and she'll get Maria from Sound of Music. ;)
That is funny. Thankfully Claire is too distracted by shiny objects to notice Tattoos yet. :) I'm not ready to have that conversation with her yet.
I guess I have been making a mountain out of a molehill... kids where temporary tattoos so I guess I should just explain people like to decorate themselves - if it comese up again :)
Thanks!
I'm afraid I would have been at a loss for words on that one.
I think you handled it just beautifully. I'm all about expanding the vocabulary, but I don't know that tatoo is high up on the list of words and concepts to learn/understand......not that there is anything wrong with it (copyright, Seinfeld)
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