Not enough lye in the soap!
My son today at daycare (he is 5 yrs old) told one of his daycare buddies to say "poopyhead".
Usually I wouldn't get worked up over one "poopyhead", but this was the second one. The first time I heard him say it was when I was dropping him off to daycare one morning. I sternly told him not to say that in school or anywhere else, because it was impolite. I told him he would get in trouble next time.
So I get a letter today from his teacher about Stephen encouraging one of his friends to say a naughty word. When I asked me son what the bad word was, he said "poopyhead".
I told him, didn't I tell you that wasn't a nice thing to say and not to say it? He said yes and his big brown eyes got reallllllly big and that pouty lip came out...but I didn't laugh and I told him he could get one of two punishments: his mouth washed out with soap or a spanking.
He doesn't like spankings, so he chose to get his mouthed washed with soap.
Now when I was a kid, getting your mouth washed out with soap was not only NASTY, but humiliating.
What did my son do? He blew bubbles and said....can I do it again??
Anyways, strike soap in mouth off the punishment list...
Usually I wouldn't get worked up over one "poopyhead", but this was the second one. The first time I heard him say it was when I was dropping him off to daycare one morning. I sternly told him not to say that in school or anywhere else, because it was impolite. I told him he would get in trouble next time.
So I get a letter today from his teacher about Stephen encouraging one of his friends to say a naughty word. When I asked me son what the bad word was, he said "poopyhead".
I told him, didn't I tell you that wasn't a nice thing to say and not to say it? He said yes and his big brown eyes got reallllllly big and that pouty lip came out...but I didn't laugh and I told him he could get one of two punishments: his mouth washed out with soap or a spanking.
He doesn't like spankings, so he chose to get his mouthed washed with soap.
Now when I was a kid, getting your mouth washed out with soap was not only NASTY, but humiliating.
What did my son do? He blew bubbles and said....can I do it again??
Anyways, strike soap in mouth off the punishment list...