Kids' Thinking

Kids have the funniest thoughts and perspectives... the way they process information and what they come up with are the best!

My daughter and I were watching a show together on a Saturday afternoon and a Monistat commercial comes on. Yes, that is what I typed: Monistat. This woman buys it and then as she is doing something else a cartoon rainbow appears just above her privates. My eldest and I looked at each other and burst out laughing, then it continued... and as one woman goes to go outside to ride a bike a cartoon thought bubble appears again, by the privates, with exclamation points and you hear a sort of "hmmmmph!" exclamation... well by this point we are roaring with laughter. And the best part of it is.... I never asked her what she thought was funny. As I did not want to discuss what Monistat is for in any way.

So then we are watching another show, a family one at that, and this young woman finds herself in the family way. She tells her boyfriend and he looks shocked. So then my eights year old says "well she can always use birth control pills"... ... ..... I whip my head around and look at her and cannot ask fast enough "how do you know about birth control pills????" and then I quickly ask "what do you think birth control pills are?" and she starts laughing at me like that is the craziest question imaginable. "Mommmmmm! come on!" she says.... so now I am close to having a heart attack. "it keeps the baby in... you know controls it.. until you are ready." I think my eyes bugged completely out of my head and then I burst out laughing. "Cuz they are called birth control mom!"