My sister Erin was out shopping with her kids the other day and, just as they were leaving the store, Savannah (7) unwrapped a candy bar and threw the wrapper in a shopping cart that she was walking past. Erin couldn't believe what she had seen - she does NOT want her kids to be disrespectful like that or to be litterbugs. So she stopped the kids . . . and decided to have a teaching moment:
Erin: Ummmm . . . Savannah - you can't do that.
Savannah: What?
Erin: [pointing to the shopping cart] You can't mess with Texas.
Savannah: Mommy - I didn't mess with Texas. I messed with a shopping cart.
Erin: It doesn't matter - you can't do that. It's littering. [Deciding to pull out the big guns . . .] You can go to jail for that.
Savannah: No I won't, Mommy. They won't put me in jail.
Erin: Yes, they would.
Savannah: No, I wouldn't go to JAIL, Mommy. I'd just go to JUVIE.
And who says kids don't learn anything good in public schools??
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Now where did you learn THAT??
Posted by Catherine at 12:00 AM
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2 comments:
This story will crack me up every time I think about it!! She was so serious. Later, she was telling me there was a kid in her class who was going to have a bad future! Maybe he was the one who taught her about juvie!
Hilarious!! I'm LITERALLY crying from laughing so hard!
Tammy
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