Last week, Lucy came bounding out of school with sheer glee and three other girls following her. They wanted to show me their new hand jive. It was pretty cute, because they were all four just slapping their knees, then clapping their hands and then instead of slapping hands with another girl, they all just mushed their hands all together in a pile of painted first grader nails. So cute.
What was that they just said?
"Elvis Presley
Sittin in the back seat" UH OH, this can't end good.
"Sippin on a Pepsi" Oh, whew, okay, that's better than I thought.
Then the all huddled together and whispered something.
The best part of the whole thing was the grand finale where they all chest bump each other. Brilliant!
Later I asked Lucy what they whispered. She had to back track to remember the exact lingo,
"Elvis Presley, Sittin in the back seat, Sippin on a Pepsi, Thinkin girls are sexy."
OH NO YOU DID NOT JUST SAY SEXY! Ewww.
Now, I realize that sexy is not a bad word. But you go have your 6-year-old daughter say it. Go on. Then have her sing it in a song. Gross. So, I told Lucy, real cool like, to come up with a better word because sexy was not appropriate.
"Well, what does it mean, Mom?"
"Well, Lucy, when two people love each other very much, they have sex. And when girls try to look sexy for Elvis Presley, it means they want to have sex with him."
Just kidding. I didn't say that. I try to be so honest with these kids. And I will tell them about the sounds they hear in our bedroom, one day. And, I'm fairly realistic that THAT talk will be necessary sooner than later. But unless the kids catch us, the deadline for THAT conversation is realistically closer to 8-10 years-old. Don't you think?
So, I just explained that it was inappropriate for a 6-year-old to use that word at all, and that they should just come up with a different word that still keeps it fun. As I type, I realize that she probably went back to school, explained what I told her, and then the ringleader of that little gang probably came up with her own explanation of sexy and Elvis Presley. Ugh.
I'm stuck. And I'm not beating myself up about this one because I explained "shit" fantastically.
So, how do you explain sexy to a 6-year-old? Help!
That's how I roll.
......... they all just mushed their hands all together in a pile of painted first grader nails! ..............
So, you didn't get any pictures of this?
I'd say, if you can't come up with an acceptable (to 6 year old girls)explanation, then distract them to something else.....Get them (or just Lucy) to do it again (sans "sexy") and take pictures.
It's a grown up word that they will understand when they get older. Nooooooo.....that makes the all the more curious.
Hmmmmmmmmmm.