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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I told my son, "Yes it is your right to say whatever you want. But [b]I am sad and ashamed to hear a child of mine saying these things."
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He said it was just a joke, and I said "yeah, I understand that it is just a joke, but I[b] don't like that you are saying it[/b], and[b] I don't want to hear a child of mine saying things like this[/b], [b]not in my house[/b] and [b]not in front of me[/b]. I can't control what you say to your friends, but I don't think it is right to say these things even as a joke."[/quote]

Fair enough.  But you might want to consider making it it less about YOU and more about HIM.

Teenagers are all about finding themselves -- their identity and their voice -- and alienating and pressing their parents' buttons is often part of it.

Another approach:

"Wow.  That's seriously inappropriate.  You know you're better than that, right?  You have good judgment and you're not a jerk.  Please stop acting like one."

If you find it continues, I would revoke privileges.  Regularly and consistently.  If it's repeating something on YouTube, he loses YouTube access for a certain amount of time.  If it's something he heard at school, he loses access to the phone to text his friends after school for a set number of days etc.

But mostly I'd look him in the eye and remind him he's not that kid and never has been.  He's a good person with good judgment.  This is not who he is, and he needs to stop.

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