tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post2771610996340642472..comments2023-12-28T11:27:12.248-06:00Comments on The Art of Being Conflicted: We're Discussing Cussing....againCperzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062444081488414888noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-53583073318712968802011-05-17T17:34:11.090-05:002011-05-17T17:34:11.090-05:00Awww- at least the link please?! Kidding. I love t...Awww- at least the link please?! Kidding. I love this post Cheryl. It's so hard to find anything age appropriate for kids these days. If it's not the language, it's the sex, or the violence. And I absolutely draw the line w/the "trifecta." But these days, even PG movies have the gratuitous sex scene, albeit not too graphic - but it's still there! I think the nonchalant way in which sex is treated on the big screen is more worrisome than the swearing. <br>I was raised in a home where "darn" was considered a curse. I have zero tolerance for swearing in our house. My kids are soon to be 12 and 14, and even though they attend a little bubble of a Catholic school, I know that their vocabulary has expanded not only by certain movies, but also the radio (and other kids, of course); and well, it doesn't help that my husband is from New Jersey. ;)<br>So... if the movie is worthy, valuable and enhances their understanding of the world and themselves in some way, I won't worry too much about the language. I trust them, for the most part, to know what is/isn't appropriate.<br>And while sometimes the F-bomb really is the most creative way to express something, its power is much more effective if used sparingly. I think it's sad that cussing has become an ordinary part of the American vocabulary.Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694559900539722616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-28004230276688385522011-03-17T15:29:34.474-05:002011-03-17T15:29:34.474-05:00You and I share a brain!! I totally agree with e...You and I share a brain!! I totally agree with everything you said. Everything has become so sexualized. It's as if we are dipping our children into buckets of crud and expecting them not to get dirty. While we were raising our kids, mostly in the 70's and 80's, they weren't permitted to speak using bad words or disrespectful words. The media wasn't inundated with all of this violence, sex and profanity (again the trifecta) which made our job much easier.<br /> <br />I did struggle with not putting the link for the Southpark video. I thought that was such a good example of how the F word and bitch have become so main stream.Cperzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09062444081488414888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-74849848947070232562011-03-17T13:46:00.196-05:002011-03-17T13:46:00.196-05:00Awww- at least the link please?! Kidding. I love t...Awww- at least the link please?! Kidding. I love this post Cheryl. It's so hard to find anything age appropriate for kids these days. If it's not the language, it's the sex, or the violence. And I absolutely draw the line w/the "trifecta." But these days, even PG movies have the gratuitous sex scene, albeit not too graphic - but it's still there! I think the nonchalant way in which sex is treated on the big screen is more worrisome than the swearing. <br />I was raised in a home where "darn" was considered a curse. I have zero tolerance for swearing in our house. My kids are soon to be 12 and 14, and even though they attend a little bubble of a Catholic school, I know that their vocabulary has expanded not only by certain movies, but also the radio (and other kids, of course); and well, it doesn't help that my husband is from New Jersey. ;)<br />So... if the movie is worthy, valuable and enhances their understanding of the world and themselves in some way, I won't worry too much about the language. I trust them, for the most part, to know what is/isn't appropriate.<br />And while sometimes the F-bomb really is the most creative way to express something, its power is much more effective if used sparingly. I think it's sad that cussing has become an ordinary part of the American vocabulary.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06694559900539722616noreply@blogger.com