Do you allow your kids to say...

[Indadhanu]

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'?

[Rouge]

No way. No words of disrespect at all. Not stupid, not shutup, not I hate you... I don't even let my kids talk to each other in a rude or nasty way to each other let alone to any adult. It's not on. We don't talk to them that way so they are not allowed either. If you want your kids to respect you, you need to show them you won't tolerate disrespect. Doesn't mean you demand respect (I don't believe in that either) but allowing certain behaviour IMO is like saying "You can treat me like crap". It's our job to teach them right from wrong and this is a BIG one that I am against.

[tan32]

we have no shut up, get lost, idiot, dumb. loser, hell, sh#t or hate.

My DD has recently started saying it was hell good, or hell this .It really gets up my nose, so i pull her up on it all the time.

[MistyFying]

Nope we don't use those words either - we try to model the language and attitude we want our kids to embrace.