Profanity - Page 4

RainyDayGal · ‎03-09-2010

I swear, but I don't do at work or in public and around certain family members. I don't want to hear it in public or at work either. What bothers me is my SIL swears terribly around her younger grandkids. I just don't feel it's appropriate. Swearing isn't, and shouldn't, be accepted in every aspect of life.

freakygirl · ‎07-03-2014

I totally agree. it's shocking, and what's worse, it's almost become acceptable in society. my husband was channel surfing last night, and on about 4 channels he passed over, I heard the f word. (I was like wtf?? no no! I'm just kidding! lol!) it's like a prefix for every other word, a noun, a verb, an adjective, and however else people nowadays want to use it to decorate their language. ugh.

Texasmouse · ‎09-27-2010

@Pook

Can't we do both? Can't we treat people with respect AND use decent language?

Texasmouse · ‎09-27-2010

@ChynnaBlue

I agree those are more important things to protect children from but, again, they're not mutually exclusive. I don't have to CHOOSE to protect kids from one OR another, do I? I think bringing up well-mannered children is a responsibility we should take seriously too and I consider the use of foul language (at least in front of others) to be bad manners.

PenneyT · ‎02-27-2015

OP, no offense, but I think that a few curse words are less damaging than having the attitude that your grandchildrens' mothers " don't seem to have had the same morals instilled in them that my sons had ".

Texasmouse · ‎09-27-2010

@PenneyT

You know what? You're absolutely right. That does come across rather harsh and it wasn't really what I meant. I should have said "manners" instead of "morals" because I don't think either one of them is "immoral" in the least. I love them dearly, I just don't agree with their choice of vocabulary in front of the kids.

tedEbear · ‎03-22-2015

I first used the "word" in elementary school. I was using words and rhymning them with ==ducky== lucky ducky,f***y ducky and got hit by a boy. I went and told his MOM that he hit when I said F Ducky, she told me get out of there and was telling my MOM. My M & D got very mad and said it was a bad, bad word. I asked them what it meant and they never told me. I spent a weekend with my GMom, told her the story, asked what it meant and she told me ....squirting 2 dogs with a waterhose. OKAY??? So that was what I knew that word meant in about grade 4 or 5. DUMB WORD---------tedEbear

ChynnaBlue · ‎05-22-2012

@Texasmouse wrote:
@ChynnaBlue
I agree those are more important things to protect children from but, again, they're not mutually exclusive. I don't have to CHOOSE to protect kids from one OR another, do I? I think bringing up well-mannered children is a responsibility we should take seriously too and I consider the use of foul language (at least in front of others) to be bad manners.

And you can certainly ask your grandchildren not to swear. Being around people who swear doesn't force others into doing so. They're not being exposed to anything actually harmful. You're making it sound as if they are. Hearing people swear causes no harm. If you don't want them to have bad manners, you don't need to be worried about what they're exposed to, you need to talk to them about their own behavior.

I grew up with friends who drank and did drugs. I rarely drink and didn't until after I was 21. I've never used illegal drugs. What I was exposed to didn't matter, my own strength and ability to say No is what mattered. Teach your grandchildren to worry about themselves and their own behavior, not about what everyone else is doing.

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