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Why I Almost Had to Explain Exorcism to a Four Year Old
March 2, 2009
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Reminds me of the time I almost had to say that Tinkerbell wasn’t real…….
Wait… my dog’s not on a farm?
Wowser!! Sex ed and vaginal birth descriptions for 2 year olds? You’re my hero! That is seriously hardcore. I think you’ve earned a free pass on the exorcism query.
Well thank you for clearing that up. I saw that comic yesterday and I didn’t get it at all……. Seriously…….
I was terrified of E.T. when I was a kid. We went to a drive-in to see it as a family, one of the few “family outing” things I remember from childhood. Someone gave my brother an E.T. doll. His arms and legs could move up and down. I was terrified of it, absolutely terrified. I wouldn’t go into his room when it was on the shelf. Whoah. Traumatic memory.
Sometimes a moderation is not a lie. She after all DID have bad breath (Vomiting green stuff??) and unless you believe all that stuff is true anyway, well, I’m with you.
I had the same resolves you did and even told my kids I had smoked dope (and my husband told them more of my -uh- social history than I would have preferred.
I think the truth is worth the investment though. They trust us. It doesn’t occur to them, as adults, that we aren’t truthful with them – and I don’t think it ever has. So don’t give up because you had to edit (not exactly a lie anyway) to adapt the data to the level of experience. That was being a good mom.
My favorite expression (that I ever made up) is that you can be ideological or you can be a good parent but if you respect you child’s nature and spirit, you definitely can’t always be both.
HAHAHA! I love your list and that “Religion” “Breathmints” and “The Fact That Comics Are Rarely Funny” are things you dont want to explain to your children. Hi-larious.
You know why this is making me laugh so freakin’ much? I didn’t get the comic. I thought he had raised someone from the dead, not that it was an exorcism. Another reason I’m glad you’re on my Bloglines!
Heh. My five-year-old saw the same cartoon and I explained it almost the same way you did. I just said she was cranky so he was giving her candy to cheer her up.
Y’gotta admit, that was a fairly gruesome image for the comics page.
You should have explained the breath mints to him in Latin while dousing him with holy water. That probably would have confused him enough that he would never ask you a question again. Ever.
I hate that friggin Lio comic strip. He jokes about mushroom clouds too. Hardy ha ha.
Classic. You could have scared him off pea soup forever!
One day someone flipped me the bird.
I went home and asked my mother what it meant.
She proceeded to tell me that some very rude men put that finger in very rude women and I should never ever let someone do that to me.
Um, what? Perhaps just telling a SEVEN YEAR OLD that it was a rude gesture would have sufficed?
HA! I would have paid good money to see someone explain anal sex to a six year old.
Well done, Sarah. Way to side-step a whole can of worms!!
Anal sex to a six year old? Oh please have your husband guest blog that story. Please. Or better yet, have your MIL write about it!!
WHY is it that comics are rarely funny? Very bizarre indeed.