I was hanging out with one of my younger nieces this weekend. While I was driving on the freeway with her, some guy cut me off and almost caused me to wreck, so naturally I yelled a curse word at him. Then I quickly remembered I had my six-year-old niece in the car and I told her I was sorry for saying a bad word in front of her and to please not repeat it in front of her mother. She replied with, “That’s okay. At my house, we have a big jar and anytime someone says a bad word, they have to put a quarter in the jar. When we get enough money, we’re going to go to Disney Land!” That’s awesome. My sister is teaching her kids to curse their way to Disney World! My niece seemed so excited about the idea though so I just said, “That’s a neat idea.” “Yeah,” she replied, “Mommy owes it 50 quarters now.” That was hysterical! I couldn’t stop laughing until I got to her house to drop her off and she told her mom, “Mommy, Aunt Steph owes the jar a quarter. Now we’re even closer to Disney Land!”
Stephanie Walters 