Stuff Your Kid Tells You

[mevinyavin]

7YO (calls through the house): "Where's my glasses?"
9YO (calls back from the other end of the house): "Wherever they are!"

[Yehuda57]

Me, "B"h, 13 of the hostages were released today."
6yo, "how many is that?"
"13"
"I mean how many people. How many people is a hostage?"

[mevinyavin]

2YO: "You shuggo to da bafroom!"
7YO: "Why?"
2YO: "You get chako chips!"

[yungermanchik]

2-year-old and 10-mo were sitting on the floor playing with (Duplo) Lego
2-yo picks up the Lego watering can and says,
"{10-mo's name} need coffee"
and hands it over.
10-mo lifts it high and exclaims, "Yaaa!"

[mevinyavin]

7YO: Today we finally got a mezuzah on our classroom door - it had been off for a few days. I was nervous because it is during war time and the mezuzah is our protection. At least the main school entrance had a mezuzah...

[yawn]

Me, "B"h, 13 of the hostages were released today."
6yo, "how many is that?"
"13"
"I mean how many people. How many people is a hostage?"

I remember raising my hand in 3rd or 4th grade when we were learning about some war and asking how many people are in a troop.

[Mordyk]

I remember raising my hand in 3rd or 4th grade when we were learning about some war and asking how many people are in a troop.

do you still blush thinking about it and being embarrassed retroactively for your self?

[yawn]

do you still blush thinking about it and being embarrassed retroactively for your self?

Not really. Will our kids feel stupid if they find this thread down the road?

[Randomex]

The use of both "troops" and "soldiers" for individuals can be confusing. (And then there are scout troops.)

(I don't know how many soldiers are in a squad, platoon, section, brigade,
company, or division, but I can look it up should it ever be relevant.)

Edit: Oh, and Wikipedia has this to say:
A troop is a military sub-subunit, originally a small formation of cavalry, subordinate to a squadron. In many armies a troop
is the equivalent element to the infantry section or platoon. Exceptions are the US Cavalry and the King's Troop Royal Horse
Artillery where a troop is a subunit comparable to an infantry company or artillery battery.

[yuneeq]

I remember raising my hand in 3rd or 4th grade when we were learning about some war and asking how many people are in a troop.

Apparently their understanding that troop meaning multiple soldiers is more universally accepted than how I  understood the meaning until reading this article - https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/can-a-single-person-be-a-troop