My oldest daughter received a very large dose of the "literal" gene from my side of the family. She is intelligent and analytical, but lacks certain skills in assumed knowledge and interpretation. She follows instructions very well, and this means I have to really pay attention to things I am telling her.
Since I have little girls, I have taught them from the time they were babies that they should not sit around in wet clothes. I explained that girls bodies are very sensitive and that to stay healthy, we do not sit around in a wet swimsuit. That seemed like it was enough information until her first year at school. She was just in preK at the time, with adorable little blonde curls. I knew on the last day of school, something had happened. When I approached the playground to pick her up, all of the teachers looked up at me and were not just smiling. Most were giggling.
Oh dear, I think to myself. What has she done?
Well, to celebrate the last day of school, they had a little "beach party". The children were given wet sponges to throw at each other, sprinklers to run through, water guns...you get the idea. The school is on the corner where two busy streets meet, so there were orange cones blocking the entrances to the parking lots and it was just one big wet playground.
Apparently, when the children were taking a break, my daughter decided that it must be over and it was time to follow mommy's rule...so she stripped naked outside near a busy intersection. When asked to put her clothes on, she dutifully told her teacher that her mommy told her to never sit in wet clothes.
On the way home, I looked into those big blue eyes and explained that we also do not get completely naked in public, and tried to fill in as many details as possible.
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