I prefer "dagnabbit!"

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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.

I have taught my DS that hitting is wrong. I have a new rule now: son, if you hear someone say heavens to Betsy, hit em!

I'm loving heavens to Betsy! My son did actually say Oh Dear all the time at age 2. He got it from Wibbly Pig.

I'm relieved when my 4yo says "dang it," because sometimes it's "crap," or even "oh shit." Dang it is perfectly acceptable and tame imo. The other two, not so much.

He watched the Peanuts movie probably half a dozen times last month , so he now says "good grief," and "rats."

Heavens to Betsy? I don't think I've heard anyone under the age of 70 say that in like, 30 years!

Anonymous wrote:No, dang isn't a bad word -- the whole point of dang is to be an acceptable alternative to damn.

THIS.

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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.

I have taught my DS that hitting is wrong. I have a new rule now: son, if you hear someone say heavens to Betsy, hit em!

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.

Have you had your colonoscopy yet? All of those repressed feelings are going to get you somehow.

** without cursing^

I personally think dang, darn, heck and even the occasional "frig" are just fine. In fact, kudos to your kid for finding alternate ways of expressing himself with cursing.

Dang is fine.

No, dang isn't a bad word -- the whole point of dang is to be an acceptable alternative to damn.

I don't like it much, to be honest. I also don't like how my kindergartener has been in school two and a half weeks and picked up "what the..?!?!" as a new favorite expression. I don't mind "oh my goodness" or "rats" though. I think it's all about what we were allowed and not showed to say growing up
Clearly my family was more conservatives about language than most!

I don't think "dang it" is bad at all. On the other hand, my 7 yo doesn't like it when I say "heck"-- he thinks that's a bad word.

I tell my kids it is all about time and place. They know they shouldn't say bad words, but that outside the house is completely unacceptable where as inside the house is ok (not good, but it is a safer place to say those things).

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.

Personally, we are a no nips house, but, it's nice that you have some rules (inadequate as they may be).