#10. Costumes

“I had a child tell me that his mom and dad both like to play dress up at home. The description of their ‘costumes’ made it quite clear that this was private-time dress up.

Made for a few interesting interactions with the parents throughout the year.”

#11. It’s not always true

“My little brother once went to nursery and told his teachers about how his dad acts at home.

To demonstrate, he pretended to drink from a bottle, loudly said ‘glug, glug, glug,’ then fell over backwards.

My step-dad isn’t at all an alc*holic and hardly ever drinks at all, especially not at home.”

#12. “I don’t know how old he is anymore…”

“’My mommy is 41. My Daddy used to be 43, but then he had an operation to become younger, so I don’t know how old he is anymore…’

I had to leave the room because I was laughing so much.

The parents were divorced. The father had just gotten a new 25-year-old girlfriend and had (bad) plastic surgery…”

#13. She said “snogging…”

“The funniest and slightly sad one that occurred was when I was teaching first grade. One of the little girls in my class (who was absolutely sweet and adorable) got picked up by her dad and his girlfriend.

The two adults were doing some serious snogging outside (ass grabbing included) in full view of my class. I went up to them and asked them politely to knock it off.

The daughter then says out loud, ‘But Miss A, at least they aren’t naked this time!'”

#14. Where’s your mom?

“‘Mommy had to miss my camp recital, because she was getting surgery to make her more skinny.'”

#15. “OH YES YOU DO!”

“When I was about 3 or 4 years old, my dad would take me to class with him. He was enrolled in a graduate program in psychology.

I’d sit at or under the desks and color. One day, they were discussing spanking. My dad announced to the class, ‘I don’t spank my daughter.’ From the back of the room, little me sing-songed, ‘OH YES YOU DO!’

Truth is, he had done it a couple of times in my life, but did not resort to that as a rule.

He now tells this story in all of the psych classes he now teaches.” 🙂

#16. Cup-check!

“Once in 5th grade at the YMCA after school program, a 1st grader (girl) came from the side of me and grabbed my junk as I was talking with a friend.

A counselor witnessed this, told her she was wrong. and asked why she did that.

Little girl said, ‘That’s what my mommy does to my daddy before he goes to work.'”