answer:Oh, but the kid’s got a point. Instead of saying “that would be weird”, you could express the same sentiment better by saying “I wouldn’t want that” or “that would make me feel uncomfortable.” You could also take this opportunity to teach them about personal boundaries. ‘Weird’ (in this context) is a word used to express a feeling of personal discomfort with established patterns being broken, but its usage implies that that feeling is a fact about the thing that causes it and not about you who feels it. It also implies that if something ‘is weird’, that thing is bad. This kid’s mom is right to have a problem with that.