My oldest DS (10 y.o., 5th grader) came home from school today and asked me the meaning of a certain word, you know the "one" that rhymes with the word hoe (as in digging utensil). 
Sigh... Anyway, you get the idea.
I asked him where he heard this word. He heard some girls saying "it" as he walked to the car loop area. We discussed it calmly and I told him that he isn't to repeat this word again. I'm glad that he came to me about this and I wouldn't want it any other way.
My husband and I really watch what we say around the kids, we don't even say **it around them. I realize that kids will learn all kinds of things at school and from friends. I know that things will get "more interesting" as he gets older, but I don't have to like it.
I assume the girls thought they were cool by using these words, who knows? Does it have to be this degrading when they are so young?
Sigh... Anyway, you get the idea.I asked him where he heard this word. He heard some girls saying "it" as he walked to the car loop area. We discussed it calmly and I told him that he isn't to repeat this word again. I'm glad that he came to me about this and I wouldn't want it any other way.
My husband and I really watch what we say around the kids, we don't even say **it around them. I realize that kids will learn all kinds of things at school and from friends. I know that things will get "more interesting" as he gets older, but I don't have to like it.
I assume the girls thought they were cool by using these words, who knows? Does it have to be this degrading when they are so young?
