No, "dang it" is not bad language.

LOL, I can only imagine what my kids say on the play ground.

Lol literally 10 minutes ago I said dang it about something and my 2 year old said "Mommy why you say dang it?"

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Anonymous wrote:If your child said "dang" in front of you, and you didn't correct them, I would think less of you. I'm completely serious.

I agree. The only acceptable terms in my house are "oh dear" and "heavens to Betsy".

"Oh my" used to be acceptable, but now I've found it to be gateway term to "oh my gosh", "OMG", and other quite unacceptable phrases.

Kudos OP for nipping this in the bus early in the elementary years.

(assuming PP was being sarcastic)

Not at all. I teach my kid there's a time and a place for cursing and school is neither of those. Privately in your room, or with friends where people in public can't hear? Sure. In front of little kids, when company is over, or when a guest in someone's home? Unacceptable.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your child said "dang" in front of you, and you didn't correct them, I would think less of you. I'm completely serious.

Lol

LOL +1. But we wouldn't be friends, so you don't have to worry about my kid's "bad" language.

Dang is exactly the same as darn in my book. If one is acceptable, I don't know why the other one wouldn't be.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your child said "dang" in front of you, and you didn't correct them, I would think less of you. I'm completely serious.

I agree. The only acceptable terms in my house are "oh dear" and "heavens to Betsy".

"Oh my" used to be acceptable, but now I've found it to be gateway term to "oh my gosh", "OMG", and other quite unacceptable phrases.

Kudos OP for nipping this in the bus early in the elementary years.

LMAO. Keep dreaming, PP.

No, but I'm a foreigner and I have been told that this is a swear word. If it is, then it's way milder than the explicit sexual and religious words used in the same context.

nope, not at all

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Anonymous wrote:If your child said "dang" in front of you, and you didn't correct them, I would think less of you. I'm completely serious.

My mom had a problem with it too. She taught my kids to make up their own words.

^in the bud!

Heavens to Betsy autocorrect got me again!

Anonymous wrote:If your child said "dang" in front of you, and you didn't correct them, I would think less of you. I'm completely serious.

I agree. The only acceptable terms in my house are "oh dear" and "heavens to Betsy".

"Oh my" used to be acceptable, but now I've found it to be gateway term to "oh my gosh", "OMG", and other quite unacceptable phrases.

Kudos OP for nipping this in the bus early in the elementary years.

Anonymous wrote:If your child said "dang" in front of you, and you didn't correct them, I would think less of you. I'm completely serious.

Lol

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your child said "dang" in front of you, and you didn't correct them, I would think less of you. I'm completely serious.

I would wonder how you self-sooth, with all that pent up frustration and lack of expression. I'd assume probably prescription pills. I'm completely serious.

But F&ck is unacceptable? $hit? Where is the line?

Swearing or "bad language" is not about "the line" but context and discretion. Why is "shit" necessarily more of a bad word than "crap?" It's sort of weird when you think about it - one isn't inherently more "bad" than the other - humans just sort of decided. Kids generally don't know how/when to use certain language, as they think it's all "oooh so bad."

But I don't think "dang it" is bad at all, not any more than "dag nabbit!" or "darn" and the like. Sometimes you just need something to say.