This morning Tommy was playing with a toy laptop, and, getting frustrated, uttered the following words:

“F***ing stupid!”

Shocked, Toby and I asked him to repeat it. We weren’t mishearing it; that’s really what he said. After trying to explain that both words were not nice, and that the first one in particular was to never be used, we tried to find out where he had heard it.

Apparently a kid at his school had used the term. When prodded further, Tommy says that the kid also called him a “stupid f***er”. We told him to tell his teacher next time; he says he told his teacher and the teacher said, “Okay.” (She likely didn’t understand what he was saying. After all, three-year-olds can be hard to understand at times.)

It looks like we’ll be having a talk with the teacher on Monday.

I never dreamed we’d be dealing with this sort of thing so early. Oh, the things children learn… A poignant reminder to always be vigilant of the words that come out of your mouth.