Sh*t starts with the SH Sound

My daughter started 1st grade this year. She just turned 6 in November. And she's learning all kinds of new things in school.

Recently, her class has been learning about digraphs. What the hell is a digraph? Yeah, I didn't really know either, until I read up on it. Apparently, it's two letters smashed together that make a specific sound. For example, SH makes the shhhhhhhhh sound.

Funny I should bring this up, because as luck would have it, my daughter just finished learning the SH digraph in school. When that "lesson" was completed, they had to make and write as many short SH words as they could.

Anyone out there want to take a crack at the words my daughter came up with? Oh, she had great ones like SHake, SHip (twice), SHot, SHut, SHin, SHell, SHelf, SHout, SHape, SHock.......all great, age appropriate words.

It was none of those words that shocked me (like how I used an SH word there?). It was word number FIVE. She had all those fantastic words, but her FIFTH word out of 12 words, was SH*t. Yup, my little angel, precious gift from above, had the word SH*t.

It was the FIFTH word she came up with, after shake, ship, shot, and shut. After the offending word were shin, ship AGAIN, shell, shelf, shout, shape, and shock.

She didn't put SHark, or SHrink, or SHOP for the love of Pete. She put SH*t.

I saw this word, and then I looked at the top of her paper, and there was a smiley face. A smiley face indicates that she did a good job on this assignment. A smiley face at the top would mean the teacher saw my sweet, 6 year-old had written SH*t as one of her SH words.

Now, after kind of chuckling (yes, horrible influence, horrible mother,) I told Little Miss it was not an appropriate word for her school work. Better off using SHoot. You know, for next time.

I know exactly whose fault it is, it's totally mine. I have a mouth like a truck driver. Always have. Sure, I'm educated, and I know much better words to express my emotions, and anger. However, I have kids, my temper flares, I'm married, and you know what? SH*t is one of the "better" words that comes out of my mouth.

Now I have cleaned it up a little, instead of using Motherf*cker, I now say Mother of Pearls. When I catch myself saying assh*le, I try to change it to asinine. I feel it sounds more intelligent. Does it? Who knows.

However, F*ck and SH*t still flow from my mouth. I mean, they are such great words......and can be used in so many amazing ways.

NOW? I have told Little Miss that she isn't to use adult words like Mommy uses. I've got many years on her, and when she's 18, she can re-visit cuss words. However, if she is super smart, she'll never let herself become reliant on them to express herself, like Mommy has. It's a horrible habit, and one I have no intention of kicking.

It's the first time potty language has been an issue, and it won't be the last......my son will end up coming out with plenty of them at school, I'm sure of it.

The bad mom in me just keeps wondering........Did the teacher notice the word, and ignore it, because she's much classier a chick than I am; did the teacher not even look at the work, and just slap a smiley face on there; or did she make a note of it and I'm in for a conversation at the next school related function (which is Friday for Ginger Bread House making in class, EEK.)

I'm going to lean toward she didn't even look at the paper, because the "sentence" my daughter put on her sheet, made NO SENSE, and it didn't have two SH words. If the teacher read any of it, no way would there be a smiley face at the top!

Basically, I'm not sure what I'm more disturbed by: My sweet little girl putting this word on her paper for school, or the teacher not paying attention to her work?

Told you, I'm just the worst mother EVER. Her therapist will have a field day with her in the future! At least they'll have a lot to talk about!