Secrets

I stumbled upon this article, 13 Things Your Child's Teacher Won't Tell You. I was interested to see how far off it might be, as I don't always believe the things I read in articles such as these. They are definitely more credible than the National Enquirer stories about women giving birth to baby gorillas, but not completely reliable.

I must say, they are fairly accurate. But one stuck out to me inparticular as extremely accurate and unbeknownst to a lot of parents. That would be number 10. "Kids dish on your secrets all the time-money, religion, politics, even Dad's vasectomy." Actually, more along the lines of the vasectomy thing than the other stuff.

Some things I have heard, and other teachers have heard and felt the need to share are certainly laughable at the very least. Their comments and stories bring so much insight into their home world. Sometimes for better, sometimes for worse.

1) "Good thing Daddy broke Mommy's rib, that's how they found the cancer."
2) "My brother is having surgery today because he has extra skin on his peepee."
3) "My daddy is picking me up today. He said if I pooped this morning he would."
4) "My mom got arrested. She did bad things like sell drugs when I was with her."
5) "Dad sleeps downstairs on the couch every night."
6) "I like my dad's new girlfriend, but I heard Mom say she's a b-word."
7) "My mommy had me when she was 15!"

I could go on, but I won't. I think you have heard enough. At least when I become a parent, I will have a little more insight into what our children could be sharing at school.