She recalls the evening her next-door neighbor dropped by with a homemade flan for dessert. Mommy doesn't remember what she stammered, but the insulted neighbor not only never again offered Barbara sweets, she didn't even drop by to borrow a cup of sugar. Short of walking around with our hands planted over our kids' little mouths, we parents must learn how to cope with this very common childhood affliction. It helps to remember who the little offender is a child. Understanding why your child is tactless will help you handle those moments.
Children say what they think.
Children have no sense of the implications of what they say. They just say whatever is on their minds. We train them to be little observers, and then we get flustered when they make observations. And what kids think makes adults squirm. Well I thought my hair was rather attractive gray-brown color, but he was absolutely right.