Comments on: Bad Words

By: Sumi

Sumi — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:25:22 +0000

昨今の日本においても、日本語の乱れは聞くに堪えない。
家庭教育が大事だと思う。
Rich Pav さん、あなたは父親として、素晴らしい！

By: Rich Pav

Rich Pav — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:41:08 +0000

There was one incident, when Tony was around two years old when I was having trouble backing out of a tight parking space in our boat of a minivan and I let an "Ah shit" slip out. I only said it once, but it left an impression. A few weeks later at ToysRus Tony was driving one of those little cars in the isle and did exactly the same thing. I was amazed he remembered it. My wife, on the other hand, was less impressed. Yep, you're right about kids learning to swear at school. It's inevitable. But the one thing I won't tolerate is hearing Tony and Andy swear at each other. I don't lose my shit when it happens, instead I make the offending party rephrase themselves in a more kind manner, the way I do with them.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:35:27 +0000

I've always looked at swearing differently than others. Around friends, I curse like a sailor. Around family however, I turn into Mr. Rogers. I won't swear around my 6 year old nephew. Unfortunately, his lunatic father swears constantly around him. But I still won't swear around him. I try to be a good example to my nephew.

If I had kids I'd probably be the same way Rich. But I think one of the commenters had a good point. Most kids learn the dirty words from their friends in school. There's not much you can do about that. We learn to curse regardless of how much our parents try to prevent it.
So if I had kids, and they were foul mouthed around eachother, I'd try to at least tell them, to only do it among themselves. Keep it clean around the adults, or else daddy's gonna get into trouble

By: Rich Pav

Rich Pav — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:57:56 +0000

CS is fantasy, like cops & robbers. Tony won't become a serial killer from playing it. I've already drilled him on the difference between video games and reality and he passed with flying colors. His sense of right and wrong is better than my own.

By: Darren

Darren — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:46:52 +0000

Hi Rich, its good to see that you are caring for your family like you do, in England their are so many bad parents who dont care about their kids and let them roam the streets on a night, thats why we have a big problem with gangs of teenagers commiting murder etc.

Im suprised to see you playing cs with your children present though!

By: Kieron

Kieron — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:18:46 +0000

I grew up with an Irish father, so despite my mothers constant attempts to stop him, every second word was a 'bad word'. I can't blame my father, he grew up where swearing is perfectly normal and they emphasize everything with an f-bomb. It was funny though, becuase my mother would always manage to convince us that swearing is bad, and on the rare ocasions that one of us (me or my sister) did swear, we knew never to do it again. I do swear a lot now, but the odd thing is that my ex-girlfriend hated swearing. I somehow managed to turn swearing off like a switch whenever we were together. It wasn't even hard, I just didn't swear, but as soon as I got together with my friends I swore so much it was like I had tourettes. Kieron's last blog post..Html?

By: Willer

Willer — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:10:06 +0000

It is a well-known fact that most children learn the worst of their curse words from friends at school. Bring them to the states for a week and let them play with kids their age and they'll learn plenty to get them in trouble.

By: Kyle Eppard

Kyle Eppard — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:33:40 +0000

I'm not sure how this sounds… but I appreciate that, and I'm positive Andy and Tony will someday too. I really hope that when I have kids I remember to be a patient parent. I used to work at a daycare, and it was easy to see which parents actually took the time to care for their kids. Keep it up! They only grow up once.