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Old June 22nd 03, 04:02 PM
toypup
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"ziggyman" wrote in message
ble.rogers.com...
Spying or not.. he was still swearing in her house after she had told him
not to. That deserves a punishment, and I think his parents deserve to

know
what he was doing.


If he continued to spy after the game was taken away as punishment, then
yes. Otherwise, taking the game away was enough punishment.


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Old June 22nd 03, 05:05 PM
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"daphne_bee" wrote in message
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My 11 yo nephew came over for the weekend and I gave him permission
to play on our XBox, provided he didn't play my hubbies "Mature" games
and he handle the discs with care (I gave him the quick lesson).

He was off and running and no time.

I came down to see how he was doing. I stood on the stairs and he was
playing Mech Assault, where you are in control of a robot warrior machine
and must destroy the enemy. No brainer. Of course, he didn't know I was
there watching.

As I was chuckling watching him play, he got blind-sided by his opponent
and blasted apart. As I cringed at the fatal blows, I was ovetaken as he
blurted out the words, "EFF YOU, MAN!" (he was more explicit), "THIS

SUCKS!"

I immediately called out his name in disbelief and took him away from the
game. We had a talk about what he'd said and he aplogized and told me
he got frustrated.

Later, I allowed him back to the game. I explained I would not tolerate

his
language. Off he went. My husband came home and I explained the
situation. He said he'd keep an "ear" out.

About a half hour later, my hubbie came up to me and told me he stood at
the top of the stairs and gave a listen. Our nephew had been blurting the
"eff" word over and over while playing.

My hubbie did not approach him, but came to me instead.

I repremanded my nephew and he's not allowed near the games.

My question is this:

Should I tell his parents about this?
Could this be potentially damaging to the kid?
Is this common amongst pre-teens?

We've got him until Sunday and I hate to make this into a big issue, but
at 11 years old, I'm concerned that his language is so sour.

PLEASE, any thoughts??

xo

db


I'd definitely say that even if he was losing playing Mario Brothers on NES,
he'd still be saying the "F" word. I don't believe it was the Video games
that did it. If he's saying it so freely at your home I'm sure his parents
have heard it from him a plenty of times too. I'd ask them about his word
usage.

--Brenden




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Old June 22nd 03, 05:27 PM
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"toypup" wrote in message
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"ziggyman" wrote in message
ble.rogers.com...
Spying or not.. he was still swearing in her house after she had told

him
not to. That deserves a punishment, and I think his parents deserve to

know
what he was doing.


If he continued to spy after the game was taken away as punishment, then
yes. Otherwise, taking the game away was enough punishment.



No, the parents deserve to know, if they do not already, that this is how he
behaves.


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Old June 22nd 03, 06:02 PM
toypup
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"Penny Gaines" wrote in message
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I have been known to swear: but I do it so rarely that people who know
me know that I must be *really* annoyed/upset.


I once described someone as PO'd and my coworkers were in shock. I never
swear and that was the worst they'd ever heard from me.


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Old June 22nd 03, 09:25 PM
The Mak
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"nightwriter" wrote in
le.rogers.com:

**** is not a bad word. words cannot be 'bad'. people choose to
demonize the word **** and therefore make it more rebellious and
attractive for people (especially kids). it's interesting to note
that if you weren't so scandalized by swearing in the first place,
'rebels' wouldn't feel any need to say it around you because it will
have lost its rebellious ability to shock you. also, swearing is bad
how, exactly? what does it denote? bad character? no. bad parents?
no. bad attitude? no. so what's wrong with swearing then?


Mr. Mackey: Step 4
Children: Dont say **** any more
Everyone: Cuz **** is the worst word that you can say
Children: **** is the worst word that you can say
We shouldn't say ****, no we shouldn't say ****, **** nooooo!!!
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Old June 23rd 03, 12:43 AM
Doctor Thomas B. Who
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Nah, let him play Conker! (Nothin' beats an 11 year old exclaiming "You
steeeeewwpid ****!" Rocky Horror has totally killed my morals ;-)

Zackman wrote in message
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daphne_bee wrote:

We've got him until Sunday and I hate to make this into a big issue, but
at 11 years old, I'm concerned that his language is so sour.


At least he's not smoking crack and having sex with 14-year-old cougars.

-Z-

p.s. If his language is an issue, make sure he never plays the game
"Deathrow"



 




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