Comments on: Bad Mom http://www.mangemerde.com/bad-mom/ ...if you'll pardon my French Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:10:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Wayne Porter http://www.mangemerde.com/bad-mom/#comment-15 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 23:33:09 +0000 http://www.mangemerde.com/bad-mom/#comment-15 That's a bad word? Oh my- my children will need intensive care. In all honesty, and many will disagree with this, I gave them full license to swear without reprisal. I explained that in certain situations you shouldn't do it or you will be viewed a "crude individual". e.g. if they do it in school they will get punished I am sure. Now that they have a certified license to say naughty words- they simply don't do it by choice (perhaps because it isn't taboo) and usually chastise me for my language. That’s a bad word? Oh my- my children will need intensive care.

In all honesty, and many will disagree with this, I gave them full license to swear without reprisal. I explained that in certain situations you shouldn’t do it or you will be viewed a “crude individual”. e.g. if they do it in school they will get punished I am sure.

Now that they have a certified license to say naughty words- they simply don’t do it by choice (perhaps because it isn’t taboo) and usually chastise me for my language.

]]> by: Annalivia http://www.mangemerde.com/bad-mom/#comment-13 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:54:56 +0000 http://www.mangemerde.com/bad-mom/#comment-13 I'm not sure how I feel about this: on the one hand I agree with your commenters, that sooner or later he's going to start hearing ugly words, ugly concepts, etc. On the other hand, I can also understand how if you don't swear, ever, that your son would be shocked to hear you do so. I don't know enough about your life and what he is exposed to to begin to have any kind of valuable opinion. One thing I can say, though, is that I act of the first comment: give yourself space to be human, and perhaps maybe you need to find some way to take some time for yourself before you go insane. I’m not sure how I feel about this: on the one hand I agree with your commenters, that sooner or later he’s going to start hearing ugly words, ugly concepts, etc. On the other hand, I can also understand how if you don’t swear, ever, that your son would be shocked to hear you do so. I don’t know enough about your life and what he is exposed to to begin to have any kind of valuable opinion.

One thing I can say, though, is that I act of the first comment: give yourself space to be human, and perhaps maybe you need to find some way to take some time for yourself before you go insane.

]]> by: Tim Carter http://www.mangemerde.com/bad-mom/#comment-12 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 11:27:49 +0000 http://www.mangemerde.com/bad-mom/#comment-12 You better hope that son of yours doesn't wander within 150 feet of an active construction site. He might become comatose. :-) Seriously, cuss words are just that. They are words that express exactly how we feel at a moment in time. Damn could have just as easily been coined as <b>dabla</b> hundreds of years ago. So had you said "Dabla it!", your son would have had the same reaction. It is natural to curse, it is unnatural to restrain oneself and hide feelings. Your future outbursts are probably a good thing as they would help educate your son for what is just around the corner - The Real World. It is indeed an ugly place, and people can be shielded from it for only so long. You better hope that son of yours doesn’t wander within 150 feet of an active construction site. He might become comatose. :-)

Seriously, cuss words are just that. They are words that express exactly how we feel at a moment in time. Damn could have just as easily been coined as dabla hundreds of years ago. So had you said “Dabla it!”, your son would have had the same reaction.

It is natural to curse, it is unnatural to restrain oneself and hide feelings. Your future outbursts are probably a good thing as they would help educate your son for what is just around the corner - The Real World. It is indeed an ugly place, and people can be shielded from it for only so long.

]]> by: David Beroff http://www.mangemerde.com/bad-mom/#comment-11 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 04:46:46 +0000 http://www.mangemerde.com/bad-mom/#comment-11 Oh, for heavens' sake, Anne! Cut yourself some slack!! You're actually entitled to be human! :-) And that even teaches the kids the right message, of taking care of yourself, and that nobody's perfect. Don't worry; be happy! Oh, for heavens’ sake, Anne! Cut yourself some slack!! You’re actually entitled to be human! :-) And that even teaches the kids the right message, of taking care of yourself, and that nobody’s perfect. Don’t worry; be happy!

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