I spy with my little eye...

Flexin · 03-20-2009, 08:36 PM

My son had me playing I spy today on the way to the babysitters. We played for about 5 minutes when he picked brown. I guessed the apartment building, dirt and one other thing and they were all wrong. So I told him I give up. He said "Its you daddy."

I get a kick out of him.

James

rogue · 03-20-2009, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Flexin

My son had me playing I spy today on the way to the babysitters. We played for about 5 minutes when he picked brown. I guessed the apartment building, dirt and one other thing and they were all wrong. So I told him I give up. He said "Its you daddy."

I get a kick out of him.

James

Kids...gotta love'em!

Particle Man · 03-20-2009, 10:29 PM

hahahahahahaha that's the funniest thing I've heard all day. Kids are great.

Mr Lefty · 03-20-2009, 11:11 PM

your kid is a racist!

kids crack me up

SteveP · 03-20-2009, 11:52 PM

LMAO

On a serious note.

My son just started daycare here and he is in a much more diverse group than in the past. I'm having some trouble with him using words like "brown boy" to describe his classmates. He is only 4 and is just being descriptive, but I'm trying to make sure he knows it's not appropriate.

Any advice?

Flexin · 03-21-2009, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveP

LMAO

On a serious note.

My son just started daycare here and he is in a much more diverse group than in the past. I'm having some trouble with him using words like "brown boy" to describe his classmates. He is only 4 and is just being descriptive, but I'm trying to make sure he knows it's not appropriate.

Any advice?

My wife was talking to someone and my son asked who she was talking to. When she told him she said what color is she?

They notice things. Jayden at 3 would say that I was brown, grampy was dark brown, his mother was yellow, he was light brown and I forget what color he said his sister was.

We just explained to him that people look different and that we are still all the same. And just like with anything else we just explain what he can't say and why.

Its surprising how early these things come up. My brother is 12 years younger then me. I remember walking him home from daycare one day. He was crying because a girl gave candy to everyone but him because he was brown. The sad thing was in his daycare picture his face was kinda washed out so he almost looked white. He was crying and pointed to the picture and said if I looked like that today she would have gave me candy. That shit still feels like a stab in the chest to me to this day.

James

KSGregman · 03-21-2009, 12:12 AM

I grew up in a rural part of southwest New Hampshire....very conservative...very white. I was probably 10...maybe 11...before I ever saw a black person "in person." I remember tugging my Mom's sleeve and telling her "Mom!! Look!! His skin is black!" She, of course, was mortified and apologized to the man....then took me aside and asked me "what color was the wrapping paper on your favorite present last Christmas?" I told her I didn't know....she asked "Well, what WAS your favorite present last Christmas?" I told her the Evil Kneivel motorcycle stunt set....she said skin color was just like wrapping paper...superficial...easily forgotten...it was what was INSIDE a person that matter.ed..and was what you would remember.

That was 30 years ago and I remember it like it was yesterday.

SteveP · 03-21-2009, 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Flexin

We just explained to him that people look different and that we are still all the same. And just like with anything else we just explain what he can't say and why.

This is the same approach my wife and I are taking right now.

Apoc · 03-21-2009, 07:06 AM

My uncles daughter was like 3 when she met her first black person. She looked at her mom and asked why her face was dirty. Its funny when seen through the innocent eyes of a child, lol.

Flexin · 03-21-2009, 08:14 AM

When my brother was 3 or 4 he said he was white with a little bit of brown on the back of his hands.

James

03-20-2009, 08:36 PM	#1
Flexin AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia Posts: 2,698	I spy with my little eye... My son had me playing I spy today on the way to the babysitters. We played for about 5 minutes when he picked brown. I guessed the apartment building, dirt and one other thing and they were all wrong. So I told him I give up. He said "Its you daddy." I get a kick out of him. James __________________ "Bust a nut inside your eye, to show you where I come from" "f youre horny, lets do it, Ride it, my pony, My saddles waitin, Come and jump on it, If youre horny, lets do it" "I'm not a playa I just fuck a lot" "Round two, I'm down to Do, what it takes to make you Understand I'm the Candyman And I melt in your mouth, not in your hands Hard as rock, yes I'm no sucka The boots I knock make me one bad mutha"

03-20-2009, 10:29 PM	#3
Particle Man Custom User Title Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central NY Moto: 2003 SV650S Posts: 14,959	hahahahahahaha that's the funniest thing I've heard all day. Kids are great. __________________ I'm not "fat." I'm "Enlarged to show texture." Handle every stressful situation like a DOG: If you can't eat it or hump it, pi$$ on it & walk away.

03-21-2009, 08:14 AM	#10
Flexin AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia Posts: 2,698	When my brother was 3 or 4 he said he was white with a little bit of brown on the back of his hands. James __________________ "Bust a nut inside your eye, to show you where I come from" "f youre horny, lets do it, Ride it, my pony, My saddles waitin, Come and jump on it, If youre horny, lets do it" "I'm not a playa I just fuck a lot" "Round two, I'm down to Do, what it takes to make you Understand I'm the Candyman And I melt in your mouth, not in your hands Hard as rock, yes I'm no sucka The boots I knock make me one bad mutha"

03-20-2009, 11:11 PM	#4
Mr Lefty TWFix Legend Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Denver CO Moto: 01 BMW F650GS Dakar Posts: 15,677	your kid is a racist! kids crack me up

03-20-2009, 11:52 PM	#5
SteveP Canyon Carver Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Pensacola, FL Moto: The v-twin trifecta Posts: 437	LMAO On a serious note. My son just started daycare here and he is in a much more diverse group than in the past. I'm having some trouble with him using words like "brown boy" to describe his classmates. He is only 4 and is just being descriptive, but I'm trying to make sure he knows it's not appropriate. Any advice?

03-21-2009, 12:12 AM	#7
KSGregman Get Fit...or Get OUT Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: KS Moto: 07 M109-R Posts: 1,993	I grew up in a rural part of southwest New Hampshire....very conservative...very white. I was probably 10...maybe 11...before I ever saw a black person "in person." I remember tugging my Mom's sleeve and telling her "Mom!! Look!! His skin is black!" She, of course, was mortified and apologized to the man....then took me aside and asked me "what color was the wrapping paper on your favorite present last Christmas?" I told her I didn't know....she asked "Well, what WAS your favorite present last Christmas?" I told her the Evil Kneivel motorcycle stunt set....she said skin color was just like wrapping paper...superficial...easily forgotten...it was what was INSIDE a person that matter.ed..and was what you would remember. That was 30 years ago and I remember it like it was yesterday.

03-21-2009, 07:06 AM	#9
Apoc For Science. You Monster. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Canada Moto: '08 HD FLSTSB Posts: 3,546	My uncles daughter was like 3 when she met her first black person. She looked at her mom and asked why her face was dirty. Its funny when seen through the innocent eyes of a child, lol.