Recently, my son and daughter have been bringing home parody songs from kindergarten and elementary school.
The originals are well-known children’s songs, such as “The Bear in the Woods” or *My Neighbor Totoro*, but the parody versions are really rude and full of toilet humor.
I think they pick up these parody songs from their friends.
What embarrasses me most is that they sing these songs even louder and more proudly when we’re out in public together.
I really want them to stop it.
I don’t see what’s so amusing about these songs at all.
But they seem to find these songs the funniest thing in the world, even though they simply swap some of the lyrics for words you can’t say on TV, without a trace of wit.
Of course, I know this is just temporary.
Looking back on my own childhood, I think I used to have fun singing songs like that, too.
So I guess I’ll just have to wait until they get bored with it.
Until then, I keep telling myself, “Kids will be kids. They’ll grow out of it eventually.”
That said, I’d appreciate it if they didn’t sing these songs in front of their grandparents.
