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Kids Say Embarrassing Things:

Many parents will have to face this at some point or another, and it is always when you least expect it. Every child has their defining embarrassing moment and, while some children inflict these times on their parents more often than others, it is all children that do it at least once. It can come in a couple of forms, and whichever it is, they are usually equally embarrassing. Here are a couple of the ways children do things that will embarrass their parents:

• Repeating what they have heard—children are like little sponges: they absorb everything. This means that if you say something, and your child hears it, they aren’t likely to forget it any time soon. It could be that your child heard you say a curse word, and at the precise wrong moment (like in church), your child will repeat this word. You know that everyone knows your child must have heard the word somewhere, and even if they didn’t hear it from you, no one will believe you when you tell them that. Another version of embarrassment from kids is when they repeat something you said that shouldn't be repeated. This isn't so much a certain word or group of words. Instead, it usually involves something you said about someone in particular—something that you did not want that person to hear, but your child felt the need to pass it along.

• Stating the obvious—when you are trying to avoid your child repeating what you have said, or what others have said, you can always watch what you say around them. This form of embarrassment is a lot trickier. This is because it is unpredictable. Obviously you can't limit your child's public appearances, or interaction with others. You can never know where it will happen—you may be walking nonchalantly through the grocery store one day when it happens, or you could be minding your own business at a restaurant when it occurs. It is always when you least expect it, and it can be very embarrassing. Your child will see something different about a person—that they have a big nose or are an obese person, or that they are missing an arm, or anything else that is different from other people—and your child will feel the need to announce it. It might not be such a bad experience if your child would just quietly tell you about their observation, but this isn't how it goes. Instead, your child will announce this information loudly enough for everyone around you to hear, and it is almost guaranteed that your child will say it loud enough for the person they are talking about to hear.

You can try to prevent these from happening to you, but it is a hard thing to do, because you cannot predict what your child will say or do next. You have no idea if they are about to say something that will cause you extreme embarrassment, so you can't exactly know to tell them not to say it. While there is no way to prevent these occurrences, you can try to lessen them in the future by explaining to them that they are not to repeat anything they hear, ever. This may or may not work, it is simply a trial and error thing (it is good to keep in mind, though, that as they get older, this tends to occur less frequently). To avoid your child pointing out a person's obvious physical feature, you should teach your child that it can hurt a person's feelings having everyone's attention drawn to it like that. Explain that they know they have that feature, and that if your child wants to point someone out to you, they should do so quietly instead of yelling about it.

These things may not work at all, but trying them is better than not. While you will still probably have to endure red-faced embarrassment on more than one occasion, at least you may limit the amount of times it will happen.



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