When a child causes a problem, the adult shows empathy through sadness and sorrow and then lovingly hands the problem and its consequences back to the child. One of the points of the “Uh-Oh” song is for the parent to show sadness at the actions of their child. Singing the “Uh-Oh” song is simply another way of saying, “Oh, what a sad choice you just made.” For older kids, this can change to something along the lines of, “Bummer,” or, “Oh, how sad. That never turns out very well for me when I do that,”
