should lil' kids be taught swear words?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqDK61yGyyc
(CAUTION - PROFANITY)


I feel that if kids learn them at such young ages and use them matter of factly, we'll end up living in a very crass society. Profanity is fun once in a while, and I don't like people who use "butt" instead of "ass" or say "fish" instead of "f%%k", but learning it at a young age will make kids use them too often, which is sad. Also I feel that the power of porfanity will be diluted if its used so frequently.


Just my two cents :)

NOOOOOOOOO........................

Is this even worth debating....its like that other topic'should men be allowed to hit their wives'😆

No one should be using the swear words...but people do when they are frustrated or angry or just out of habit.....but no one should be using them forget abt teaching them to a young child...

I feel like using a swear word for the dad in the video who seems delighted that his baby is using such a bad word🤢

Ofcourse NOT! This is not even debatable.

Originally posted by: blue-ice

NOOOOOOOOO........................

Is this even worth debating....its like that other topic'should men be allowed to hit their wives'😆

No one should be using the swear words...but people do when they are frustrated or angry or just out of habit.....but no one should be using them forget abt teaching them to a young child...

I feel like using a swear word for the dad in the video who seems delighted that his baby is using such a bad word🤢

I can guess which word 😛

Originally posted by: SolidSnake

Ofcourse NOT! This is not even debatable.

why the f%%% not? 😡

just kidding 😆

actually I learnt the f word when some perverted older boys who used to play cricket with us said them a lot 😆 But I turned out fine. 😛 (waits for comments)

OBJ, you know no body is ever taught bad words, be it a kid or an adult, one learns! 😆 Am a kid, nobody taught me . . I heard em and learned, and I cuss too . . . not all the time, but I do! Sometimes I write it on a paper and throw it, and if I am way too angry, I actually cuss! 🤣

We can't debate any further on this, nobody is taught swear words.

who said? my friends taught his lil bro bad words. :D

well, it shouldn't be taught to them, but with all the technology advancement and modernity who can stop bad words coming to them.

There is no debate about this. Children should not be taught to swear or use foul language. Parents, teachers and guardians have a responsibility to try and avoid exposure to such language.

To me the moral debatable dilemma arises when children are inadvertently exposed to such language by various, sometimes older siblings, family members or even random observations of people. Heck kids will eavesdrop on peoples conversations in a grocery checkout line and pickup something naughty that way.

The question is when a child does this – what do you do? One school of thought is that the word/behavior is inappropriate and you reprimand them for it immediately and sternly nip the habit in the bud.

The other school of thought is that from a small child's perspective it is innocent imitation. They may have an inkling that its bad, but their minds are clean and they are merely imitating without knowledge of context. They are not actually swearing or using foul language like a teen or adult would. Reprimanding them makes them want to do it more. It also impresses on the brain the notion of taboo. They become more aware that certain words and things are naughty or inappropriate. They slowly start thinking like us at an earlier age and developing notions of swearing and foul language. Hence, instead of preserving innocence you are actually taking it away. Some parents feel that for very young children you don't do anything – and start disciplinary behavior only when they are old enough.

The counter to that is that with media and societal exposure, other kids and siblings – it is not always innocent imitation but children are already aware of context. Moreover, not cutting them off in time could put them on their way to thinking that there is nothing wrong with such behavior and making a habit of it.

Similar two schools of thoughts on parenting also exist with things over little kids singing and dancing and imitating music videos of people like Britney Spears, Kesha, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry etc. A lot of the lyrical content is not really kid appropriate. What I love best is that 'I kissed a girl' won Nickelodeon Kids choice awards.

Originally posted by: rogna

well, it shouldn't be taught to them, but with all the technology advancement and modernity who can stop bad words coming to them.

yes, like south park.