What have we come to....

Sorry to make you all cry with my previous post...on a lighter note ug hem...excuse the crass nature here...

Hubby called me from his cell phone and proceeded with caution....um are you having a good day he asks? No...I said, why? Well then...I guess maybe I shouldn't say anything. Ok, now of course you have to tell me now, I won't be able to do another darn thing until I know what this caution is all about. So....after a short pause he says, "Mr. Thomas called me." - Mr. Thomas is the principal at the elementary school where my boys attend. What? Are the boys hurt? Is something wrong? Tell me hurry....tell me! I guess it's no secret that I am quite the paranoid mother.

Ummm...no he has our son in his office as we speak, he says. WHAT, WHY? Tell me I demanded! Well, he and a girl were drawing pictures and it seems that the girl drew a picture of our son with a red dot where his privates would be. My son asked her why she drew a red dot on his WIENER. So....my son got sent to the Principal's office because he used the word "WIENER." Phew....sorry but I immediately was upset with my son, for only a moment. Then my "smart ass" side came out and thought, so what WORD would they like him to use? Certainly NOT Penis! He is 10 for the love of God - 10! Would the word pecker be better suited? How about goods, tools, thingy, the jewels! What in heavens name is wrong with people nowadays. Maybe I'm mistaken, but did this warrant a trip to the Principal's office? To Oz himself? Couldn't a simple no no don't say those words be suffice?!

Soooo.....the principal allows my husband to speak with him, and my son becomes emotional on the phone with hubby, he's scared. My husband reassures him that he would not be in trouble, and that they would "talk" when he got home. I was home early, and so the minute he came through the door from the school bus, he burst into tears....I'm so sorry mom...but what do I call it mom? I told him, don't call it anything, just don't talk about it! Then I realized how I was not teaching him anything. And I said, "just call it "privates" that's all. I'm sorry, think of me what you wish, BUT I am not ready for my son to use the correct medical terminology, he is only 10 for cryin out loud!!!!!

UPDATE: Aaahhh some of you asked what happened to the girl. My husband told the principal that he certainly hoped the girl would also be talked to about the incident, and so my son tells me that they both lost recess the following day, and they had to go back to the principal's office and apologize to each other. This reminds me of when my other son was in kindergarten and got sent to the Pricipal's office for telling a girl who sat across from him that her coloring was sloppy. And the little girl's mother called the school to complain about my son. Are you kidding me???? My son's response was "well it was sloppy mom" - ugh, just keep your comments to yourself if they are not nice ones I told him. But how does a 6 year old truly understand this?! I had a conversation with the principal and teacher, that I did not appreciate my son being sent to the Principal's office for such trivial incidents, that I was afriad that he would lose the "impact" of what it means to be sent to the Principal's office, and that I don't want it to become "matter of fact" - going to the Principal's office is serious business....and sending them so often for ridiculous things would take away it's gravity! Scary isn't it? Focus people focus....how much valuable class time, learning time, is lost with this NONSENSE!