Potty Talk

As the school year was wrapping up, my 5 year old son C was excited about finishing the school year. He had a rough start to kindergarten and the adjustment was not easy with the teacher he had. He found his footing a few months in and cruised to the finish. I was excited for him to wrap up the school year as well.

He made a few good friends and he also had his 7 year old big sister E by his side, especially during the after school program where it is just one big school wide party until the parents came. C felt very comfortable towards the end of the school year and he was trying to always make new friends. That’s when he told my wife the most hilarious story of a strategy he had to meet people.

For some reason, C was a little shy if he didn’t know the bigger kids. If he looked them in the face, he didn’t really know what to say. I don’t blame him since I would probably be the same way if I was in kindergarten. The only difference between me and him is that he found a way around this and his strategy involved not looking the kids in the face. In fact, he would be in the stalls in the restroom and if he heard someone come in to use the restroom, he would ask them their name. They couldn’t see each other since they would be in different stalls, but by the time they came out to wash their hands, they would basically be friends already. Childhood is so simple sometimes.

This potty talk led to C overcoming his shyness and also meeting a few more friends. It was so funny to hear this and I love that C is such a creative problem solver. Maybe I’m underselling this because it’s actually genius. If this worked in the grownup world, the world would be a much better place…and C would be credited for the movement!