headkicker_girl wrote:

It brings a tear to my eye to think that I'm producing the next generation of high street.

Your kid is obviously bright.  I feel for you--the bright ones are a lot of trouble.  You'll have to keep an eye on him.

In other news, Local6 completely fucking rocks.

Lets hope that a new scam doesn't emerge from this:

Uh, yeah I am with a news team .. can I have your kids climb in my van - just for a test of course.


Who would say no to the News?

George Orr wrote:

In other news, Local6 completely fucking rocks.

I have to do a JamesII here.

HAW HAW!

bwahahahah. Nice, Phreddy.

Here comes pALEPHx to spoil the party with philosophical thought!

pALEPHx wrote:

Not to impugn what I'm fairly sure is an otherwise exemplary job of contemporary parenting, but why does a ten year-old boy know what rape is?

Because Headkicker showed him movies like Cape Fear and Lipstick.  Afterwards, he was informed that people like the villains in these movies pay visits to children who don’t obey their parents.

pALEPHx wrote:

Not to impugn what I'm fairly sure is an otherwise exemplary job of contemporary parenting, but why does a ten year-old boy know what rape is?

As a society, we quibble over when to give children that commonly awkward facts o' life speech ("He puts his jo into her tootie and then she blairs him..."), and there are plenty of school districts diluting or disposing of their sex ed. classes. I'm just thinking Bestiality is one of those 'graduate-level' concepts...

He knows what rape is because we discuss sex and sexuality openly in my house.  He knows all about pedophiles and how to avoid nice men who offer him candy and video games, and he knows what pedophiles like to do to cute little boys.  He also knows about bestiality.  It's never too early to teach them that it's ok to love your pet but don't LOVE your pet.  He also knows that no means no, and sexual harassment, and all that good stuff.

Oh, and he's a breast man.

He does however maintain some innocence.  He doesnt' understand the word "douche" (he doesn't know how to spell it so he can't look it up), and when I commented that the mascot at my other son's high school looks like a furry, he said, "what's a furry?"

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headkicker_girl wrote:

Oh, and he's a breast man.

Now I'm very, very worried...

Roger_That wrote:

Here comes pALEPHx to spoil the party with philosophical thought!

"Eine Kleine Twatmusik" was for you, Rog. All for you.

fnord wrote:

Afterwards, he was informed that people like the villains in these movies pay visits to children who don’t obey their parents.

Well, that's the usual way parents condition an automatic response in otherwise trusting children. By creating a boogeyman. I actually like HKgirl's approach better, and her kid is more or less hers to mold as she sees fit. I just wonder how she keeps all this vital knowledge from spilling over to his less intelligent age-cohorts.

headkicker_girl wrote:

He does however maintain some innocence. He doesnt' understand the word "douche" (he doesn't know how to spell it so he can't look it up), and when I commented that the mascot at my other son's high school looks like a furry, he said, "what's a furry?"

Just show him Dusty's posts in the kudzu-length Picture Thread. If it doesn't turn him off to the concept immediately, then I'm sure he can figure out how to spell "felch."

Seriously tho (but not TOO seriously, since RT wants IQs set on 'cruise control'), not even the cleverest of 10 yos can have more than an academic understanding of such things. And I've met plenty of 30 & 40 yos who can't do much better. I think I'm waffling between "I wish I had a mom like you" and "There are just some things I don't want to hear first from my own mother." Still, you're obviously exceptionally bright, and it's good enough that you have an open dialogue. I wish you luck, about four or five years down the road, when he casually mentions leaving a 'cleveland steamer' on some frosh girl's chest...and then asks you to pass the potatoes.

I believe there are pros and cons to teaching children the facts about chicken hawks without putting a scare into them.  The idea being, give them the tools so they can judge for themselves.  The operative word  being judge.  I have known bright kids who, relying on their intelligence and undeveloped judgment, fall in with undesirables.  Although I have always rejected dogma and relied on my own common sense, I think a little bit of the bogeyman is not such a bad idea when they are that young.

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headkicker_girl wrote:

pALEPHx wrote:

Not to impugn what I'm fairly sure is an otherwise exemplary job of contemporary parenting, but why does a ten year-old boy know what rape is?

As a society, we quibble over when to give children that commonly awkward facts o' life speech ("He puts his jo into her tootie and then she blairs him..."), and there are plenty of school districts diluting or disposing of their sex ed. classes. I'm just thinking Bestiality is one of those 'graduate-level' concepts...

He knows what rape is because we discuss sex and sexuality openly in my house.  He knows all about pedophiles and how to avoid nice men who offer him candy and video games, and he knows what pedophiles like to do to cute little boys.  He also knows about bestiality.  It's never too early to teach them that it's ok to love your pet but don't LOVE your pet.  He also knows that no means no, and sexual harassment, and all that good stuff.

Oh, and he's a breast man.

He does however maintain some innocence.  He doesnt' understand the word "douche" (he doesn't know how to spell it so he can't look it up), and when I commented that the mascot at my other son's high school looks like a furry, he said, "what's a furry?"

Mine knows every last word to "Kinko the Clown", and coined the word "mobilester" (in reference to molester vans).

However, the other day he saw The Deuce (our version of London's double decker buses), and said, "Look! The Douche!" He knew exactly whatthefuck he was saying.

Kids are so much smarter than most people give them credit for. I have never ever patronized my kid. And he is awesome. I would rather converse with my kid than many adults I know.

It's the stupid ones who become victims (like Elizabeth Smart).

headkicker_girl wrote:

My response would be, "well, did she deserve it?"

Tee hee. Well, as long as he doesn't coincidentally develop the impression "Don't they all?"

sofaking wrote:

It's the stupid ones who become victims (like Elizabeth Smart).

And the smart ones who later get into trouble by challenging authority in situations they're bound to lose. It's the trade-off, having a savvier child and one who sees grown-ups as equals. Just ask the adult children of police officers, teachers, psychologists, and...wait for it...lawyers.