So apparently the second grade class my son is in has a large contingency of Barney haters. That's right, I said Barney. As in the big purple dinosaur that teachers children how to be friendly and kind to one another. I don't know why Barney has become the target of their twisted 8 year old minds, but apparently he has. I know this because each day my son comes home and sings another variation of an "I hate Barney" song. Today's song is sung to the tune of the sweet holiday carol, "Joy to the World:" Joy to the World, Barney is dead! We bar-becued his head! What happened to the bo-dy? We flushed it down the po-tty, Around around it goes, Around around it goes, A-ro-und, a-ro-und around it goes! Yes, the song is disturbing. Yes, I'm concerned about my son's sense of humor, even though he assures me that "everyone is doing it." And I guess the peer pressure to sing anti-Barney songs isn't as unhealthy as peer pressure...
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