Today (when written, not posted) was take your son to work day at Chance's dad's work. Chance and his brother have been so excited for this day.
There are all kinds of cool things like learning what a police officer does and the insides and outsides of a job in aviation. Besides, they get to spend the day with their dad.
Today there was a session on drug use for the kids. A police officer talked about how drugs might be presented to the kids and talked about the after effects on people who have done drugs.
Chance couldn't hear very well though, so he kept asking his dad questions. After some of the topics addressed in the session, Chance was quite confused about what was being said. It was a crowded teaching environment so his dad couldn't really go into lengthy explanations. Chance's dad asked him if they should move up closer to the front so that he could hear better. Chance didn't want to. He was probably embarrassed because the presentation had already started.
His dad called me after the session and said that we would need to sit down and have a talk with Chance about drugs and what was said about them during the session.
"So basically, Chance just learned how to do drugs by the pictures presented because he couldn't hear what was going on?" I asked holding back a laugh.
"Maybe." His dad replied slyly. (we're going to have to really focus on the AFTER pictures of the effects of doing drugs)
Well then. This situation is not presented in any of the parenting books:)
We'll have to help Chance learn that if he can't hear, he needs to move up closer to the front or do whatever is needed to make it easier to hear what is being said.
I think we're going to be having some interesting conversations at our house for the next couple of days:)
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