I often call my kids nams such as "fools" or "idiots" when they do
something stupid. They know that I do not really mean it seriously (as
in "self fulfilling prophesy" etc). What my older one told me
recently, is that he is no longer worried by namecalling at school, as
any such teasing adjectives just do not bother him altogether, because
is is used to hearing this stuff at home. I thought that it was neat.

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