Shameful Meaning for Kids

Facing Teasing and Accidents

Ananya: "Arjun, why are you hiding near the shoe rack? The school van is here."

Arjun: "I don’t want to go. Everyone will laugh."

Ananya: "About what? Your rocket bag is awesome."

Arjun: "Not the bag. I peed a little in class yesterday."

Ananya: "Oh. That was an accident."

Arjun: "Rishi shouted it to the whole class. It felt so shameful."

Amma: "I heard that word. What felt shameful, Arjun?"

Arjun: "Everyone stared and giggled. I felt like a bad boy."

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Ananya: "Yeah, like when I dropped sambar on my dress at the wedding. The teasing was shameful, not my dress."

Arjun: "So Rishi’s teasing was the shameful thing, not me?"

Amma: "Exactly. You are just a boy who had an accident."

Ananya: "And a boy with the coolest rocket bag in the van."

Arjun: "Okay… then I’ll go. If he teases, I’ll say, ‘Teasing is shameful, not me.’"