Marriage

I sat down next to two boys in my class who were building elaborate structures out of wooden blocks this afternoon.  One had built a "Lexus Tower"  (Note:   Toy car was placed on top of the tower, which I presume was a Lexus.).  As I began listening to him I was intrigued by what he told a peer...

"I am gonna get married and let her pay for the house and when she tells me I can have the kids I am going to divorce her!" -  Oh...... Oh, my.  What did I just hear?  Mmmmm Hmmmmm....  This is a five year old announcing his plan for later life, which I convinced myself was just something he had heard an adult say and was now parroting it back to his peer.

I could not help but wonder where his ethics were!  Or rather, how might I help him understand that this isn't really something you would want to tell anyone, even if it is your plan for later life.  I didn't have much time to think about it because the peer he was telling said, "I am gonna live with another boy.......Some people do that, you know?"  Well, that would certainly take care of some of the issues that student number one was pondering. 

Both topics were beyond the scope of what I could effectively facilitate an appropriate conversation without some input for each child's parents. So, I look forward to the look on their faces when the opportunity presents itself to share with them the conversation.  Knowing both sets of parents quite well I anticipate we will have a good chuckle about it, but there is always a part of me that thinks

 Hmmmm...... Well, Maybe I will let this one go......

Kindergarten......NEVER a dull moment.