Schoolyard rhymes like “Johnny and Mary sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G” and “Boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider” travel from child to child, often with local tweaks. They can be silly, rude, or cruel, but their singsong meter helps children...
scrapper n.— «She said her two youngest children, 8 and 6, were wearing blue shirts last year and were taunted by two neighbor children who called them “scrappers,” a derogatory term for Sureño gang members.» —“Parents...
