I understood dork when I got older, just didn't think it was fair as a kid when everyone around me was allowed to say it!
I don't really say stupid & shut up myself, but how my kids got through without saying some of the other things I say i really don't know I always made it clear that that they were grown up words only....its worked so far...not sure what that says about me though, lol.
They use silly, shoosh, not fair, annoying, lol. They do tell each other to go away, but I can't stop that with the way they annoy the crap outta each other. (Yes I say crap, they don't...)
Last edited by ~clover~; November 9th, 2009 at 07:04 AM.
Nope I dont let my kids use any of those words... even my 13 yr old!!!
It sounds awlful, and is extremely disrespectful. I dont speak to people that way, they dont speak to me that way, and i expect my kids to be the same.
Although at school... well.... how would you know, little buggers!!!
My kids know the diffence between "Not nice" words and "swear" words, and neither are ok here.
DD1 (3.5yrs) has started saying 'stupid' and we are trying to put a stop to it. I think she gets it from childcare. She is allowed to say 'silly' but not 'stupid'. We also don't allow 'shut-up'. She said it to me once and was in so much trouble. She is asked to say 'please be quiet' or 'shoosh please'.
I say shut up to DS too much, not necessarily in a horrible way, but I need to start saying be quiet instead...
I am happy for him to say dork, didn't realise it was a whales penis LOL I dont like idiot. I encourage silly instead of stupid too. We say fart and pop off, it doesn't wory me which DS uses.
DS knows what words are nice words and what words are rude words, sometimes he slips up, but I dont get too wrked up over it, they are only words after all.
We were never allowed to say 'hate' either, and I remember when my brothers used to play their battle games and they used to have to say "i dispatched you" instead of "I killed you".
Some things I think I'll carry from my parents is: shut up, go away, stupid, idiot. I think just basically words that put down others... But ANY word used as a put down is not on.
I don't really have a problem with fart LOL! Do they get in trouble at school for 'fart'?
I always made it clear that that they were grown up words only....its worked so far...not sure what that says about me though, lol.
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Although now that they're older I overlook it if it is said. A 13 yo boy saying pop off is a little strange 
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