Embarrassing Conversations

I can deal pretty well with embarrassing conversations with kids, as long as grown ups are not listening. Sometimes grown ups have embarrassing conversations but they are different and more 2 sided. With children it stems from confusion or curiosity.

After I had shaved for a cure, there was much discussion among the preschoolers in day care centers I worked at about whether I was a boy or a girl. I had a girl voice and boy hair. Some children just came out and asked and usually about 6 more joined in the conversation, really wanting to know. I would ask a little girl if her hair was all chopped off would she become a boy? She would say no in a "don't be so foolish" kind of voice. I would ask if this boy here grew his hair long would he be a girl? No. So do you think I am a girl or a boy? a little pause and then 9 times out of 10 the would agree that I was a boy.

I recently had one of these awkward situations with a 3 yr old girl at bed time. I was giving her a cuddle as we walked around looking for her babies to sleep with and she patted my chest and said "You have big boobies" I said that I needed them so that if I have a baby I can feed them milk. She asked me if I was pregnant and I said "No I need to get married first" She thought for a bit and said "Well... when you don't have a baby you can stay here"

The only thing to remember about awkward or embarrassing conversations with small children is to pretend like it is normal and answer their questions.