A woman was left feeling like she ‘could die’ after some of the comments her five-year-old son was making around other mums at the school gate, saying it was ‘totally cringe’
It’s true that kids say the funniest things, but sometimes, they can leave you cringing too.
Whether they’re admitting something you said behind closed doors, or just acting full of energy, it can be all too easy to feel slightly embarrassed about the behaviour of your children – but it’s no biggie in the grand scheme of things, and you’ll just get on with your day.
However, one mum was left feeling like she “could die” after some of the things her five-year-old was coming out with, and she thought it was all to get a reaction from other parents.
Taking to Mumsnet, the mother explained that her son is “lovely”, and he’s got a lot of “energy” and “a good heart” – but she couldn’t help but feel embarrassed by some of the things he was saying.
“Recently, without fail, he will always do something totally cringe at school pick up in full view of all the other mums”, she admitted.
She shared that it was like he’d taken an “honest serum”, and he wanted to “get a reaction” from the people surrounding him – and it was grinding her gears a little.
The embarrassed mum then listed some things her son had said, including an awful 11-word diss about a child. He had told them: “‘Your family all have the same heads”, and also pointed out: “That lady has big eyes. They’re like really far apart.” And to a well-to-do yummy mummy, he blurted out: “Your son’s in my class. Yeah but I don’t like him.”
“I could die when it happens”, she shared, saying that she “has words” with him each time he makes comments like these, but she didn’t know how to stop it.
One mum wrote: “Just tell him it’s rude to make comments about people”, and another agreed, sharing: “If he was my child – I would tell him off as he isn’t being nice.”
Someone else fumed: “Tell him he is a very rude little boy and if he carries on, nobody is going to like him. 5 years old or not. He’s just rude.”
Another Mumsnetter penned: “This is not nice behaviour and you need to nip it in the bud. Specifically, I would look to teach him two things. 1) just because you think it doesn’t mean you have to say it. 2) it is rude to comment on other people’s bodies.”
The original poster made a response further down the thread, thanking people for their comments and saying she hoped she’d “nipped it [the behaviour] in the bud”. “I think for the most part he tends to blurt out what he sees before thinking. This is definitely something we’re working on”, she said.
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