Not long ago my son saw a woman in a hijab. I don't live in a very diverse area so he hasn't had very much exposure to traditional muslim garb. He said kind of loudly "Look! Look! It's a ghost!". A little embarrasing but ok. We talked about it a few minutes later. On a different occasion he pointed to someone in a rascal or whatever and said "Daddy! His legs don't work. He broke a bone!". I had recently broken my leg and had to use one of those knee scooters to get around - and I had to use a rascal a couple of times (though I don't recall whether or not he was with me).
Anyways - Kids of a certain age don't understand much and will use what they know to describe the world around them. It's normal. Parents should just calmly describe the situation and let them know what's ok to say and what isn't.
purplecitybirdgang05 on February 5th, 2020 at 23:48 UTC »
Super awkward. I’ve been in the barbershop and this lil whit kid walked up to me(while I’m sitting down) with his arms wide open and said “daddy”.
His father was sitting a few seats over, man that shit was super awkward. I just sat back and we all laughed.
MrRabinowitz on February 6th, 2020 at 00:15 UTC »
Not long ago my son saw a woman in a hijab. I don't live in a very diverse area so he hasn't had very much exposure to traditional muslim garb. He said kind of loudly "Look! Look! It's a ghost!". A little embarrasing but ok. We talked about it a few minutes later. On a different occasion he pointed to someone in a rascal or whatever and said "Daddy! His legs don't work. He broke a bone!". I had recently broken my leg and had to use one of those knee scooters to get around - and I had to use a rascal a couple of times (though I don't recall whether or not he was with me).
Anyways - Kids of a certain age don't understand much and will use what they know to describe the world around them. It's normal. Parents should just calmly describe the situation and let them know what's ok to say and what isn't.
treetyoselfcarol on February 6th, 2020 at 00:53 UTC »
I wear cocoa butter and this little kid is sniffing my arm and says, " they really do smell like chocolate."