What does kinky mean?
There are some questions that all parents dread answering. I didn’t expect one of those questions to be “What does kinky mean?” though.
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True to form, parenting threw up an odd one this weekend when my 9-year-old son wondered aloud what kinky meant.
My mind raced. Where on earth had he heard that word? What did he think it meant? Had he any idea that there is a scale of kinkiness in life?
Thankfully years of parenting have prepared me for things like this and so I did what all well-versed parents do, I did nothing.
At least for a couple of seconds.
Trust me, those two seconds can make a world of difference. When your toddler falls over, wait a couple of seconds and in all likelihood they will be more likely to pick themselves up and carry on. Don’t wait those two seconds and they’ll be throwing themselves on the floor every time they want your attention!
Now I consider myself to be a fairly open parent. I like to think that my kids can come to me with any kind of problem or query and I will answer them as honestly as I can do. Or at least as openly as I feel meets their age. I remember when I was young that sometimes getting an answer from an adult was akin to getting blood from a stone. I don’t want my four kids to feel that way.
As I braced myself to answer, the brief silence was broken.
Chance and I posing for a selfie.
“I just don’t know what it means,” Chance continued after his original question was widely ignored. “I know it has something to do with hair, but I don’t know what?”
And that’s when his sisters - who had been straightening their hair - explained that they were doing so to get rid of the kinks in the hair.
Phew! Bullet dodged!
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by DannyUK
Twitter: melandjake99
on January 27, 2016 at 6:01 am
You have to love these type of questions from kids don’t you?! Looks like you got away this time ha ha
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Twitter: stressedmum01
on January 27, 2016 at 8:50 am
Oh dear, I hate the dreaded questions as you never know exactly what they do know, or how much they need to know. I can imagine the relief when you found out it was all to do with hair 🙂
Twitter: rswstbry
on January 27, 2016 at 9:04 am
I would have been completely stunned if a child had asked me this. Good thing you hung on a few minutes!
Haha this did make me laugh! It just goes to show that waiting a couple of seconds can make all the difference.
Twitter: thelondonmum
on January 27, 2016 at 12:40 pm
Hahaha- those few seconds bought you a whole lot more explaining!! That’s great! x
Twitter: lifeasmumblog
on January 27, 2016 at 4:05 pm
Haha this post made me chuckle! The things kids come out with are hilarious!
Twitter: Leannemariexo
on January 27, 2016 at 4:08 pm
Ha. Minor panic there. If only there was a alternative meaning behind some other words he ay ask you about in the future!
Twitter: catstello
on January 27, 2016 at 7:07 pm
Haha this made me chuckle! I think I was the same as a kid.
Twitter: daysinbed
on January 27, 2016 at 9:39 pm
We get funny questions from time to time and it can be awkward but I often tell my daughter in the best way I can. Great save!
Angela
Twitter: CasaCostello
on January 27, 2016 at 10:19 pm
Ha! Having been to my 9yo’s Personal Education meeting tonight at school,my mind was firmly where yours was! Dreading the questions we will get over the next couple of weeks.
Twitter: hellobb_lucy
on January 27, 2016 at 10:19 pm
Oh gosh, this made me laugh! Bless him!
My aunty and uncle explain everything to their children when they ask, these huge detailed answers, and my younger cousins just look at them blankly afterwards and go ‘OK’ or ‘What’s for tea?’
Kids eh?
Lucy.
Twitter: TheRealSupermum
on January 27, 2016 at 10:55 pm
ha ha love this I have kids aged 5,6,7,12,13 and 17 so have heard most things by now and they never cease to make me laugh or baffle me My 5-year-old is currently obsessed with calling his boys bits his peanuts and he must say the word at least 10 times a day
Twitter: faded_spring
on January 27, 2016 at 11:37 pm
Haha it is just the worst you freeze and have no clue what to say! I like that you managed to dodge the bullet in the end though.
Twitter: mymummysworld
on January 27, 2016 at 11:37 pm
I’m not looking forward to these types of questions… Handled well there though
Twitter: Olojay
on January 28, 2016 at 1:02 pm
Lol…Kids say the funniest things, bless them.
hahah kids can be amazing! i like how your daughter rescue you 😉 clever girl!
Twitter: sallyakins
on January 29, 2016 at 10:47 am
OMG, I was holding my breath waiting to see how you handled that question! That really made me laugh 🙂
Twitter: wendy malone
on February 9, 2016 at 7:50 am
My children have never asked me anything awkward, that was classic what you said.