It's not like he's bragging -- he's just reciting the lyrics to one of his favorite songs, LMFAO's “I'm Sexy and I Know It,” from their seminal 2011 album “Sorry for Party Rocking.” Other pleasures from that collection include “Party Rockers in the House Tonight,” which doesn't sound too awful coming from a four year-old's mouth until he arrives at the part where he sing/mumbles, “be the first girl to make me throw this cash.” And then there's Psy's “Gangnam Style,” a Korean paean to sexy ladies, and Owl City's “It's Always a Good Time,” and Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's “Thrift Shop.” This one, as you probably know, is a song about buying clothes at Goodwill -- a total pro-family activity -- but unfortunately either Macklemore or Lewis introduces the topic by discussing the size of his cock (“big”).

The problem here is twofold. First, it seems a given that having your preschooler sing about sexy ladies and big cocks is distasteful. Second, every time he sings one of these songs in public, I know what all the other parents are thinking: Jesus, Lauren, your kid has really bad taste.

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