Now...we haven't had too many conversations about "bad words" yet in our family...
It honestly just hasn't come up very much. And I'm not even completely sure how that conversation would go, because we're trying to be more concerned with what's going on in a person's heart rather than focusing on a word or two that could be simple verbage to the person spouting it.
All that aside...no one can convince me that it's pretty to see a three year old swearing.
The kids' tv show ration is fairly small and most of their good buddies are around the same age...we're still at the stage where the boys crack up because I say something like..."I'm patting Lydia's bottom so she will fall asleep."
"Bottom" is a huge trigger for fits of laughter.
We can also thank our friend Cliff for teaching them the joke:
Kid (or Cliff) points at something and says to someone: It's under there.
The other person says: It's under where?
The kid (or Cliff) says: You said UNDERWEAR!!!
That's about where our maturity level is these days. I've heard even when they're in high school it doesn't get much better. And just a few months ago, my friend Tony (who is now probably 33) sent me a 1 liner facebook email..."It's under there"
I wrote him back: "Give me a break...I have two boys...not falling for that one pal."
So, I was a little surprised when they got in the car from a summer camp and told me that one boy at camp had said the "D-word" ...."B-word"...."SH-word"...and "S-word".
We're trying to curtail tattling, so I immediately went into my speech about "if it's not an emergency, then you don't need to tell me... because....could it possibly be that you're enjoying getting someone in trouble?...which is just as bad as whatever they did....blah...blah...blah."
But then, the "over-protective-mommy" side of me...probably a bit combined with the "I-want-to-hear-the-juicy-details" side came out and I said, "So...without telling me who it was--I repeat--do not say the person's name--tell me what he said."
I was preparing myself for an interesting dialogue about meanings and definitions (with a possible need for diagrams).
It also brought me back to the first time in second grade when a boy in my class told me the first "bad word" I'd ever heard. I vividly remember going home and telling my mom that "Duck" is a bad word. Of course....being a true OSU Beaver...there is some truth to that statement :>)
But I apparently mis-heard what he said.
Colson went on to explain that the boy ACTUALLY said:
"DUMB"
"BUTT"
"SHUT UP" AND
"STUPID"
So...for a little while longer...we have postponed the "swearing discussion"
And don't worry....it wasn't your kid :>)
