Proud mom moment? Not so much.

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Laura_A

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• Dec 30, 2008

• #1

So, Riley, my 8-year-old, is in the playroom being really quiet. I decide to go check on her to make sure she's not getting into trouble. I find her there, writing in her notebook. I ask what she's doing... she's got the dictionary and she's writing 3 words from 'A', 3 words from 'B' etc in her notebook... WITH definitions. WOW, my child is a genius. Then my bubble burst when I see the first word on her list...









wait for it.....









ABORTION :blink: with the definition... YIKES!

 

ZaCola3

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• Dec 30, 2008

• #2

Well-I'm glad she knows what it means...its not a bad thing to gather knowledge, at any age.
LMBO!

 

SmallMoments

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• Dec 30, 2008

• #3

Not exactly where you wanted her to learn about abortion, huh? It's alright-- it may not have sunk in with her.

 

ColleenSwerb

Brodo gettin her Swerb on

• Dec 30, 2008

• #4

Well, that's interesting. She's too little to understand though I think.

 

Nonnie917

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• Dec 30, 2008

• #5

Oh my word. That child. She is amazingly smart, but hopefully she doesn't fully understand that word. She loves her school work and since she isn't in school right now she has to find some way to keep her brain going. Just have to keep challenging that girl, that's all. That's my granddaughter, beautiful and smart as a college student. :thumbup:

 

lovely1m

Active member

• Dec 30, 2008

• #6

Oh, well, that's quite a concept for her, but what a great thing for her to be doing for fun. Smart cookie, I bet.

 

Valgal

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• Dec 30, 2008

• #7

ohmygosh Laura! Did you have a discussion about it after that? Geez louise.

 

lizzyfizzy

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• Dec 30, 2008

• #8

wiki-wiki-wha????

weird child. smart, but weird.

the next 'A' word is probably arsenic.

 

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Laura_A

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• Dec 30, 2008

• #9

No discussion.. .yet. I don't think I'll bring it up unless she asks. The definition was something about "termination of a pregnancy". She knows what pregnant means and I think she knows what termination means... but I don't think she realizes exactly what it all means. She'd be heartbroken if she did.

 

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jessica31876

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• Dec 30, 2008

• #10

it might have been the first entry in the dictionary or maybe she saw it (or even heard the word from a classmate or on tv or something) and was unclear as to what it really meant and wanted to ask you about it. Or maybe she was writing a certain number entry from each letter like the 25th word (or some other number). I wouldn't be too upset over the word itself...if anything Id use it as a way to start open discussions on what the word means and how I feel about it. I doubt she fully grasped the meaning of it.