Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for July 08, 2014

And just Where is Max learning these “words” from?! ;)

That’s fine Max, but you can’t say boobs on Sunday.

When he gets to a eighth grade locker room, words like that will be polite conversation. (There are less polite ones he could say.)

What potty talk — Boobies – A booby is a seabird in the genus Sula, part of the Sulidae family.

I really don’t know why I read this (as well as Pajama Diaries) every day. Maybe it is because “family” comics make me thankful that I do not live in such a situation. The comics that I can relate to are Get Fuzzy and Piranha Club! Also, I always read Crankshaft, as I am so glad that I am not him…

All you have to do is send a toddler to daycare for half a day and he’ll come home with a whole vocabulary of bathroom words….

But they learn them from each other, so they’re toddler bathroom words, not the adult variety.

Nothing amuses a 2 1/2-year-old like saying “poopie poopie poopie” and watching adults have conniptions….the same adults who gave their own parents and caregivers fits 25 or 35 years ago with the same words.

It’s their way of discovering the power of their own words…part of disassociating from Mommy, becoming a person…the same new streak of independence that makes them say “No” to everything.

Girls are the one growing up fast, boys … Not so much.

When my oldest godson was 2 (he’ll be 23 next month), he had some early dental issues that made some words difficult to say. I drove a pickup truck and he loved it. So when shopping with his mother at a department store, he saw a display of trucks as they passed the toy department. He pointed and gleefully yelled “*UCK!” (yep, that word) – mortifying his mother and stopping every shopper within 25 feet. Thankfully, Mom saw what he was pointing at and quickly recovered, “Yes, TRUCK!” while smiling painfully at the other shoppers.

We have a little guy upstairs who just turrned 2. Yesterday he and his dad came down the stairs and my hubby was sitting outside with no shirt on. Little guy walks over, looks my hubby up and down, poked him in the chest and very solemnly said “manboobs”.

Well that’s a first! Jan Eliot breaks through the invisible boundaries again!

My son had problems with “s” when he was little. But I have to admit, I hated to see “oopth” go!

What your sister said Alix.