“My daughter had handed out all kinds of notes with swear words”
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That practicing words, coming up with a nasty nickname or exploring nature with your child could cause such blunders, these parents did not see that coming.
Yvonne (36), mother of Jana (7) and Emmy (2.5).
“I really like reading and writing myself and this is something I try to teach the girls. I read them every evening and encourage Jana to practice writing words. She apparently overdid it, but I only realized that one evening when several angry neighbors came to my door.
Apparently my little writer had written all kinds of notes and thrown them through the mailboxes in our street. All well and good, if it weren’t for the fact that those notes said “fucking asshole.” Spelled flawlessly, yes.”
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New nickname
Emily (35), mother of Jim (8) and Ivy (6).
“Little pots have big ears. And yes, you have to be careful with nicknames, especially in front of your children. Stupidly enough, that didn’t stop me from mentioning our peevish always-what-to-whine neighbor De Karbonkel, even in Jim’s presence.
“Little jars have big ears”
Who then, when he was once admonished by this mob for jumping on our trampoline ‘too noisily’ – I told you it’s a nag – sneered at her: ‘I don’t have to listen to you, you stupid Carbuncle! ‘ Which child comes up with such a nickname: one and one equals two, the neighbor also understood that. If looks could kill…”
Little sweetheart
Pien (34), mother of Reva (9) and Daan (7).
“As a biology teacher, I always enjoy teaching Reva and Daan all about nature. During walks I point out plants and flowers, and especially Daan takes everything in eagerly. One day he came home with a self-picked bunch of dahlias, ranunculus and anemones. That’s great, but I knew right away that this couldn’t be right.
After some insistence, the monkey came out of the sleeve: Daan had picked the flowers from the garden of the retirement home around the corner from us. I just hope no one recognized him.”
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