Foul language & tweens/teens
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Foul language & tweens/teens
| Tue, 09-19-2006 - 10:59am |
Last night was a PTSA night at Quinn's school. In addition to the PTSA meeting, they had club info, sport info & the book fair was open.
While we were there, Quinn & I were talking to one of his friends & his mom in front of the table where they were selling school apparel. This little guy came walking up with his parents. They were looking over the clothes. The kid was looking for his size in a sweatshirt & they didn't have it on the table. He said out loud "They don't have a damn large." The lady that was working at the table got him one out of a box that was under the table. Then we saw them again in the library where the book fair was. They ended up being in front of us when we were standing in line to pay. The mother asked if there was anything else that he wanted to do. He replied "No. I'm ready to get the hell out of here."
Now...I have to confess that I do cuss (never say 'GD' though) occasionally. Especially if I am mad or frustrated. Also, I am one of those "don't sweat the small stuff" moms. But I was surprised that this kid (I think he was a 7th grader, but Quinn doesn't know him) was allowed to say 'damn' & 'hell'. The most foul things that Quinn says are 'fart', 'crap' & 'pissed off'. He doesn't say 'ain't', nor is he allowed to. (I don't either. It makes my skin crawl!)
A couple of years ago, I caught a report on 20/20 about kids talking foul & cussing. John Stossel said that his 2 daughters cussed. (I believe that he said he had 2 daughters. I cannot remember how old they were but it seems like I had the idea that they were in early elementary school.) He said that he thought there were more important things to be concerned about that cussing.
Where do you stand on foul language/cussing & you tween/teen?
While we were there, Quinn & I were talking to one of his friends & his mom in front of the table where they were selling school apparel. This little guy came walking up with his parents. They were looking over the clothes. The kid was looking for his size in a sweatshirt & they didn't have it on the table. He said out loud "They don't have a damn large." The lady that was working at the table got him one out of a box that was under the table. Then we saw them again in the library where the book fair was. They ended up being in front of us when we were standing in line to pay. The mother asked if there was anything else that he wanted to do. He replied "No. I'm ready to get the hell out of here."
Now...I have to confess that I do cuss (never say 'GD' though) occasionally. Especially if I am mad or frustrated. Also, I am one of those "don't sweat the small stuff" moms. But I was surprised that this kid (I think he was a 7th grader, but Quinn doesn't know him) was allowed to say 'damn' & 'hell'. The most foul things that Quinn says are 'fart', 'crap' & 'pissed off'. He doesn't say 'ain't', nor is he allowed to. (I don't either. It makes my skin crawl!)
A couple of years ago, I caught a report on 20/20 about kids talking foul & cussing. John Stossel said that his 2 daughters cussed. (I believe that he said he had 2 daughters. I cannot remember how old they were but it seems like I had the idea that they were in early elementary school.) He said that he thought there were more important things to be concerned about that cussing.
Where do you stand on foul language/cussing & you tween/teen?

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Linda
mom to
Alex (16), Rachel (14), Matthew (12)
Kelly
This is a big thing with me.
We can not stand it either!
wow im shocked i missed this one...my kids are not allowed to cuss...period...i cuss when im mad and i used to have
I curse around my kids and they have never cursed.
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