things your kids say

[biga]

first off, facts you should know before i get to the story: my kids are 7 and 5. my neighbors are an african-american family.

last summer when i got my first 3 chickens i got a white leghorn, a barred rock, and a brown chicken of some sort, what a GREAT MIX right? i got them while the wife and kids were out of town. when they got home i told them i had bought some chickens and the girls were SO EXCITED. they went outside and were chasing them all over the yard. picking them up. just fun kid stuff. well THEN the naming the birds talk gets started... my oldest, bless her little heart (that's a southern thing), says... and says rather LOUDLY... "LET'S NAME THEM WHITEY, BLACKEY, and DARKIE!"....i almost DIED. i ran over to her and told her NO WAY can you name the chickens that and to NEVER say that again. i'm just glad my neighbors weren't outside at the time.

 

[donrae]

Isn't it great your little girl didn't know those names could be offensive?

I've had more animals than I can remember named whitey, blackie or brownie. Also a dog named Warmie by my 5 year old brother..."she's so warm and soft". Poor dog lived ten years being called Warmie.

 

[conny63malies]

Also NEVER discuss that you had to kill the black chick because she was sick , at Walmart.....

 

[b.hromada]

first off, facts you should know before i get to the story: my kids are 7 and 5. my neighbors are an african-american family.

last summer when i got my first 3 chickens i got a white leghorn, a barred rock, and a brown chicken of some sort, what a GREAT MIX right? i got them while the wife and kids were out of town. when they got home i told them i had bought some chickens and the girls were SO EXCITED. they went outside and were chasing them all over the yard. picking them up. just fun kid stuff. well THEN the naming the birds talk gets started... my oldest, bless her little heart (that's a southern thing), says... and says rather LOUDLY... "LET'S NAME THEM WHITEY, BLACKEY, and DARKIE!"....i almost DIED. i ran over to her and told her NO WAY can you name the chickens that and to NEVER say that again. i'm just glad my neighbors weren't outside at the time.

Kids do say the darnedest things! She meant nothing by it, but I sure can see how it would make you feel!

Thanks for the laugh, I needed that!

 

[biga]

hahaha, yeah she didn't have a CLUE about what she was saying. and it was hard coming up with a reason why she couldn't name them that. i wasn't prepared to give a 7 yr old a lecture on racial slurs.

 

[tobyerick]

when my daughter was younger we started calling my wifes' dog fatty because she couldn't say his name properly its digger but it sounded more like it started with an n......uncomfortable lol