Perfect Lawns, Perfect Kids and Other Fibs
What Could Be Worse Than The F-Word?
This mom would rather deal with an F-bomb than hear the G-word from her kids.
As a parent, I’m something of a puzzlement to my children’s friends. I make funny faces and strange noises, causing my daughter’s best friend to decide I’m weird, “but in a good way.” My son’s friends are always taken aback by how honest we generally are in our household. But nothing confounds his friends more than the fact that we don’t blow a gasket when he swears, particularly when he drops an F-bomb into the middle of a conversation. Even more perplexing to my son’s friends is the fact that while we tolerate the F-word, I get seriously angry with him when he uses “gay” as an insult. To them, and so many other people, saying “That’s so gay” is so innocuous that children of all ages use it with impunity. Even some of my son’s friends’ …
Janice Lindegard
1:07 pm on Sunday, May 13, 2012
Thanks, Janet. Likewise to your sentiment. Tolerance is a lifelong journey. more ›