I would be careful voicing criticism. From my own small sample, the person without kids complaining about their nieces and nephews end up with complete terrors of their own.
This. Kids get exposed to cursing and all sorts of inappropriate stuff from damn near the jump in school. In our house, we tell our kids they can ask us about anything that they've heard. We try to explain context, and why it's not appropriate to use those words.Your kids are going to be exposed to that one way or the other, so use it as a teaching moment that their actions aren't appropriate or acceptable to you.
This. Kids get exposed to cursing and all sorts of inappropriate stuff from damn near the jump in school. In our house, we tell our kids they can ask us about anything that they've heard. We try to explain context, and why it's not appropriate to use those words.
That said, I think it's silly to be afraid of words. The entire concept of a word being "bad" is ridiculous to me. Words are words. Context is what matters. Innocuous words can be just as offensive as any "curse" word, given the particular setting. In my opinion, it's more important to teach kids to choose to all of their words carefully, as opposed to just a few four letter ones.
Plus, sometimes "****", "****", "*****", "*****", "**********", "****hammer", etc are the best words for the time and place.
I spit out my coffee just now.Did the same with my son. His first question was, Daddy what is a *hore?
Did you reply, my ex-wife aka your mom?Did the same with my son. His first question was, Daddy what is a *hore?
My folks were weird about swearing. I heard "sh*t" literally every day of my life, as a noun, as we lived on a hog farm. F*ck was a different story. My parents rarely used it around us as kids, and when they did it was for a major effect.
A$shole, b*tch, and god damn were less common than sh*t but more common than f*ck.
When I was 13, one of our employees told my dad that my brother and I were swearing like drunk sailors out picking rock, mostly because we thought it was fun to swear. My punishment was all my CDs being taken away for the rest of the summer. To this day, it's easily the worst punishment I ever received.
You're father is a ******* *******.
Did you reply, my ex-wife aka your mom?
My sibling as 5th and 6th grade boys. They say the f word, play online video games and swear at those people, and watch naughty youtube videos. My sibling says because they're academically smart it doesn't matter. I don't want my young kids around it and my sibling wonders why I don't bring my kids over.
What do I say without embarrassing my sibling or making me seem like a crumudgeon.
No, it says “My kid *****, your kid sucks.”Do you display the, My kid beat up your honor roll kid, bumper sticker?
Not if you're good at it: https://www.sciencealert.com/swearing-is-a-sign-of-more-intelligence-not-less-say-scientistsYou just proved his point exactly.
So what did you and your brother do to the snitch? Did he "disappear" into a hog pit? JK
I agree totally. It's primitive expression.My father said that profanity is the language of the uneducated.
I’m sure the teacher was nervous to stop him. Probably made sure he was empty first.Speaking of good nephew stories, I found out over Easter that my 5 year old nephew found a hell of a way to deal with the bully in his class. My nephew is small for his age, and just has a natural wild streak in him. He's kinda cocky and I'm not surprised that he would be a target for a bully given these things.
So the classroom bully was making a fist and waving it at him like he was going to punch my nephew. So my nephew did what any resourceful 5 year old would do in that scenario. He whipped his **** out and started pissing on the bully and chasing him at the same time. Apparently the bully ran away crying and is now terrified of my nephew because he knows that kid is going full "wild card" on his ass when threatened.
Speaking of good nephew stories, I found out over Easter that my 5 year old nephew found a hell of a way to deal with the bully in his class. My nephew is small for his age, and just has a natural wild streak in him. He's kinda cocky and I'm not surprised that he would be a target for a bully given these things.
So the classroom bully was making a fist and waving it at him like he was going to punch my nephew. So my nephew did what any resourceful 5 year old would do in that scenario. He whipped his **** out and started pissing on the bully and chasing him at the same time. Apparently the bully ran away crying and is now terrified of my nephew because he knows that kid is going full "wild card" on his ass when threatened.
My sibling as 5th and 6th grade boys. They say the f word, play online video games and swear at those people, and watch naughty youtube videos. My sibling says because they're academically smart it doesn't matter. I don't want my young kids around it and my sibling wonders why I don't bring my kids over.
What do I say without embarrassing my sibling or making me seem like a crumudgeon.