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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

In Asda earlier, I watched a girl of say 8 or 9 explaining to her Dad what a narwhal is

The guy looked utterly bemused. You could just tell he'd never heard of them

So, what have you learnt from your young 'uns recently ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I learned what a Momo is?!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"In Asda earlier, I watched a girl of say 8 or 9 explaining to her Dad what a narwhal is

The guy looked utterly bemused. You could just tell he'd never heard of them

So, what have you learnt from your young 'uns recently ?"

What's a narwhal?

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

what is a narwhal

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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago

Hillside desolate

All sorts of fortnite related nonsense

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"what is a narwhal"

What she said.

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By *otBunsHunWoman
over a year ago

Yorkshire

"what is a narwhal"
a whale type creature with a long horn on its head.. my daughter calls them "uniwhales" lol

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By *otBunsHunWoman
over a year ago

Yorkshire

"I learned what a Momo is?!"
same...I'm sick of seeing it's bloody face now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I learned what a Momo is?! same...I'm sick of seeing it's bloody face now"

What?... your child or the momo?

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

my son tries to teach me technical stuff. He was explaiming the other day how he could use his headphones without them plugged into anything

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By *otBunsHunWoman
over a year ago

Yorkshire

"I learned what a Momo is?! same...I'm sick of seeing it's bloody face now

What?... your child or the momo?"

the momo ... although it's the end of half term soooooo

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By *uzukiNo1Woman
over a year ago

Rhyl

My 5 year old grandson taught me how to turn on his Nintendo switch...my 7 year old grandson taught me how to put it in a docking station to charge it!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Being a bit of a geeky twat I think I'm quite savy with most things were others are not. However there are something's such as knowing what a "narwhal" is where I can probably get on quite well without such knowledge.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I learned what a Momo is?! same...I'm sick of seeing it's bloody face now

What?... your child or the momo?

the momo ... although it's the end of half term soooooo

Yeah that was a hoax so I read on BBC news.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

One of my grandsons used to tell me a lot about space and the planets.

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

They explained what 'props' means. It turns out it's not the stuff you use on stage to dress a set or part of the business in the play.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I learned what a Momo is?! same...I'm sick of seeing it's bloody face now"

Same. It's scared the shit out of my 6 year old

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I learned what a Momo is?! same...I'm sick of seeing it's bloody face now

What?... your child or the momo?

the momo ... although it's the end of half term soooooo

Yeah that was a hoax so I read on BBC news."
- whatever it is the image is freaky. And I've seen some of its instructions too - not nice

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

She likes telling me about the Titanic. This term they are doing the solar system so I expect to learn all about different planets in due course - love that she loves to learn

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By *loswingersCouple
over a year ago

Gloucester

"All sorts of fortnite related nonsense"

Yep , our youngster got home from school yesterday and rushed to his room to download the latest version . Which has a volcano I understand from his excited screams as he and his online mates started playing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My daughter is bilingual, so likes to teach me words, and have a giggle at my expense when I can’t get it right. In my defence...actually, there’s no defence, I’m rubbish at it, haha xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My kids ridiculed me when I pronounced meme as 'me-me' how the eff am I supposed to know it's pronounced meem!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My kids ridiculed me when I pronounced meme as 'me-me' how the eff am I supposed to know it's pronounced meem!"

Isn't it mem?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The baby shark dance......

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

Sometimes you gotta give the kids the win and pretend you don't know and they are teaching you things.

Although i had no idea what a split diagraph was until my niece tried to explain it.... She had a whiteboard and everything!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Sometimes you gotta give the kids the win and pretend you don't know and they are teaching you things.

Although i had no idea what a split diagraph was until my niece tried to explain it.... She had a whiteboard and everything! "

Did you 'get it' in the end or still bemused ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My kids ridiculed me when I pronounced meme as 'me-me' how the eff am I supposed to know it's pronounced meem!

Isn't it mem? "

I've always pronounced it 'meem'

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

"Sometimes you gotta give the kids the win and pretend you don't know and they are teaching you things.

Although i had no idea what a split diagraph was until my niece tried to explain it.... She had a whiteboard and everything!

Did you 'get it' in the end or still bemused ? "

I think it's the magic e....still not totally convinced lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Plenty... My son is far more intelligent than I can ever hope to be. He was explaining algebra fractions last night

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My kids ridiculed me when I pronounced meme as 'me-me' how the eff am I supposed to know it's pronounced meem!

Isn't it mem?

I've always pronounced it 'meem'"

I only say it in my head because I don't know how to say it.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Plenty... My son is far more intelligent than I can ever hope to be. He was explaining algebra fractions last night

I'm with you on this one

Never got it, never will

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My child of 9 is often correcting my spelling and grammar lol and I learnt about the megladon he’s on sed the titanic to

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"what is a narwhal a whale type creature with a long horn on its head.. my daughter calls them "uniwhales" lol"

It is a member of the whale dolphin family but Its not actually a 'horn'. Its actually a 'tusk' or to be more specific a protruding canine tooth. They've been cut off and sold for years as unicorn horns.

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By *talian PassionMan
over a year ago

Chelmsford

I learned two new languages from them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My son loves History so that's what I'm learning about at the moment. I was never a fan but love his enthusiasm.

He loves football to so he is reeling off Premier league players to me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My daughter is at uni studying Chemistry. I've tried to help her prepare for exams by listening to her explaining stuff to me - let's just say that not all of it sinks in...

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By *nabelle21Woman
over a year ago

B38

"The baby shark dance......"

Oh not the baby shark dance. My 2 yrs old grandaughter loved this. Me not so much.

Who am I kidding she's great fun to dance with.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The baby shark dance......"

My daughter is seven and uses baby shark to wind me up. She loves my mock despair, but when it comes to The Floss, it is on another level! Haha xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm looking forward to the day they can start teaching me stuff so we can learn more about it together.

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By *elma and ShaggyCouple
over a year ago

Bedworth

I sometimes wish I had a young child to teach me things. For instance, right now I’d kill for a primary school child to come over and get my 3D printer set up and working properly. Neither hubby or I can do it and we’re certain that it’s going to as simple as setting up the vcr was for us when our parents first bought one and we’re clueless

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oooo actually my 7 years old was teaching a little bit of Mandarin not so long ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My kids ridiculed me when I pronounced meme as 'me-me' how the eff am I supposed to know it's pronounced meem!

Isn't it mem?

I've always pronounced it 'meem'

I only say it in my head because I don't know how to say it.

Believe me, it's pronounced meem, they remind me of it daily...... I also remind them that I taught them how to use a spoon and wipe their own arses.

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By *ax_uk_2009Man
over a year ago

Wilmslow

"what is a narwhal"

My sons have a song about narwhals, I would include it in this thread but if I did you’d be singing it all day. Aargh I now have it my head!!!

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By *ax_uk_2009Man
over a year ago

Wilmslow

I learn daily from my boys, usually Fortnite or ROBLOX related trivia. Most importantly I just like to listen to them talk confidently about what they enjoy. Being a single dad it is important to make them feel like they have my undivided attention even when I know what they are telling me.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The baby shark dance......

My daughter is seven and uses baby shark to wind me up. She loves my mock despair, but when it comes to The Floss, it is on another level! Haha xx"

I’m struggling with The Floss. My rhythm is shot!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The baby shark dance......

My daughter is seven and uses baby shark to wind me up. She loves my mock despair, but when it comes to The Floss, it is on another level! Haha xx

I’m struggling with The Floss. My rhythm is shot!"

Same here! I can dance, but not to her standards where The Floss is concerned, haha xx

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