The Things You Wish Your Child Did Not Say In Public

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"Hey Mom, look at that funny little funny silly guy" are the exact words out of Gabe's (my 4 year old) mouth. He looked directly at a little person an very loudly said this. Now, it would not have been so bad if the man was not standing less than a foot away. I instantly felt my face turn red! This is a situation that I was not prepared to handle and quite frankly had no clue what to say.

Do I apologize on behalf of my son, act like I didn't hear it, or immediately begin to lecture my son about his misuse of words? I think deep down I wanted to laugh at my son for being so candid but I remained calm and told him that was not a nice thing to say in public. Then we all scurried out the door. FAST! Once in the car, you can be assured, we had a talk about the episode.

It remains a funny story in our house and never fails to put a smile on my face when I think about the innocence of a child.

This was not the first time my loud mouth child has blurted out what is on his mind in a crowd of people. Oh.... the joys of motherhood!

Has something similar ever happened to you?