Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
Tweens and Teens
Reply to "Teens and swearing"
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't mind swearing and I certainly don't try to restrict my kids from doing so. We discuss when and where and in front of whom swearing is likely to be considered inappropriate, and the probable consequences of using that kind of language under those circumstances, but I don't forbid it. It's just words. My kids, especially teens, are people and can make their own choices about their own linguistic expression. I'm not going to nitpick their vocabulary. The less we (society) make things like this taboo, the less attraction they'll likely hold anyway. The only language we have rules against is language designed specifically to hurt or upset people. Among her friends, it's unlikely the F word is seen as or being used as something truly maliciously negative. However, calling someone a slur or a nasty name like "b!tch" with the intent to be hurtful and insulting would not be allowed.[/quote] I agree with this, and would only add that I tell my kids that they shouldn't send anything via text, email, tweet, facebook, that [b]they wouldn't their mother to see[/b]. There is no privacy on the internet. I particularly emphasize the importance of keeping it clean on social media, because employers and colleges can and will use google. I don't think swearing starts any younger than it used to, FWIW. I was raised in a solidly middle class home by parents who didn't usually use bad language, and we were not allowed to swear at home. Nevertheless, my friends and I began swearing a blue streak in middle school. That was 38 years ago.[/quote] Same, only I am a heck of a lot more liberal than some other people, so they use the same yardstick I do: If my mother, grandmother or great-grandmother would be offended or insulted, it's not ok for me or for them.[/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics