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ShawnG Member |
posted 04-30-2001 03:07 PM
  
When my daughter, Courtney, was only four years old we went to get her hair cut at "great clips". We have been using them for years and feel like part of the family. Our favorite hair dresser is a guy named Keith who has "come out of the closet" long ago. Well after some very strange looks from my daughter I was afraid...very afraid about what was comming next. Of course she waited for when there was complete silence in the store and blurted out a question I will never forget. "Are you a girl trying to be a boy, or a boy trying to be a girl?" I could have died! But after the silence and then the laughter (Which was started by Keith himself) he replied, "I guess I am a little bit of both!" We still use Keith to this day. But the first thing he says to Courtney everytime is "Sit down and shut up!" Kids....you got to love them! [This message has been edited by ShawnG (edited 04-30-2001).] |
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vbflmom Member |
posted 10-12-2001 09:35 AM
That is the funniest thing. My daughter who is three notices everything. She points out braces people wear and when kids in stores don't have shoes on. You are lucky that Keith didn't take it badly, some people aren't so light hearted. |
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michele Member |
posted 12-04-2001 05:48 PM
I love everyone's little kid stories. They are so fun! I keep a journal for each of my kids (whenever I have time). I try to include stories and cute things about their lives and reactions to things. One of my daughter's first close friendships formed when the girls were both three. I saw the girl everyday at preschool when I was picking my daughter up but never met her mom for a long time. After we moms became friends, we were exchanging stories about the girls and discovered their innocent perceptions of each other... Genny is African-American and her mom told me that the year the girls became friends, Genny said she wanted a doll from Santa. Her mom took her to the store to see what kind of doll to help Santa get the right one. Genny kept insisting it be a pink one. Her mom went crazy pointing out dolls with frilly pink dresses, all to no avail until Genny put her hands on her hips and said , "No, Mommy. Not pink clothes. Pink SKIN, like Katja." In the meantime, I was asking my daughter about her friend, Genny, and she didn't seem to know who I was talking about. I thought maybe I had her name wrong so I said, "You know, the girl you play with that has the pretty brown skin." My daughter looked at me and said sweetly," Mommy, she's just a little bit dirty but that doesn't matter because she's nice and my best friend." [This message has been edited by michele (edited 12-15-2001).] |
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Teach Member |
posted 12-14-2001 10:38 AM
We recently moved to a bigger town where there is more diversity. The town that we came from was predominately white with a few hispanics. So my kids haven't really had too much exposure to other "types" (for lack of a better word) of people. My son came in one day and out of the blue said, "I feel sorry for the Chinese people." I asked him why. He replied, "Because I think their eyes must hurt alot." So after I snickered under my breath of course, I had to explain to him that their eyes weren't hurt, they were just different like that--just like if one person has big ears and one has small, that doesn't mean they feel any different. |
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michele Member |
posted 12-15-2001 10:37 PM
I love the innocence of those situations. I hate that they lose that later because of some ignorant adults and their attitudes. But this is the humor area, so enough of that... enjoy the small things EVERY TIME! |
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MamaShell Member |
posted 09-16-2009 12:13 PM
My children are bi-racial. Their father is African-American and I am Caucasian. They are both light-skinned and look like tanned kids instead of bi-racial. Anyway, I had left my daughter,who was 3, with the neighbor while I went to pick up my son, age 7, from practice. Our girls were playing outside in the water in their bathing suits. They had been out there a while and my daughter had gotten darker. When we pulled up into the driveway, my son said,"Mama, Kailyn looks like she's black." :confused Laughing, I said, "Well she kind-of is. You are too." It was so funny because they know their dad is black and I'm white but I guess he never really thought about it because they were so light. Just thought I'd share that with you. Wouldn't it be great if grown-ups were as color blind as kids?  ------------------ |
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