Kids say the darnest things

Children are amazing when it comes to the fact that they can say whatever they want. They often times say things that they maybe should not have shared with people. I work at a daycare and i constantly hear crazy stories. Some funny, and some i wish i had never heard.

There is one child in particular that never knows when to stop talking and comes up with the craziest stories. The other day she came up to me and started telling this wonderful story about how her parents were pirates. She went on and explained how working as pirates they have very dangerous jobs and how she couldnt tell everyone about there jobs because she was afraid the bad pirates would get them. I thought this story was hilarious but tried to hold back my laughter because i needed to explain to her that she can joke around but she needed to not make up such crazy stories and tell people that she is only joking. She was actually trying to make me believe that her parents were pirates. Im 18 years old, does she really think i would believe such a thing.

Another crazy story where a child says what they feel happened with my cousin Logan when he was 5. Logan was at my great grandmas house for the day and was talking to her. He looked at her with a serious face and asked "Why is your skin falling off your bones grandma"? He went on and wondered why she had all those cracks in her face. She told him it was because she was getting old. Its hilarious, yet sad what kids can say.

There are many other silly things i hear just from listening to childs conversations. There is a little girl that is 6 years old and was singing a song. I thought she was just singing a happy little tune like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, like most other children do. But i was wrong. I went up closer to her so i could hear better. The child was singing 15 Bottles of Beer on the Wall. Yes, this 6 year old child. Although it was funny I had to tell her that it was not school appropriate and she could not sing it at school anymore. She went on to say that her grandparents and family members sing this when they drink and she sings along. She apparently did not know that she couldnt talk about this at school.


I find myself laughing to myself at work. Kids simply, just say what the want. Its like the show "Kids Say the Darnest Things". It is true,kids do say the darnest things. Its amazing what children can say and the stories they can tell.