I was in the supermarket the other day and witnessed a lady curse out her three-year-old daughter like it was a normal thing. The child got scared and ran away from her but then came back and it was all willy nilly again.
I am all for disciplining children. I mean, you have to do
what you got to do to get your child to respect and listen to you but it made
me think about a few things.
Children walk into a classroom setting and they will curse
out their classmates and teachers at such a young age and the teacher will
think that because they are reporting it home that their child is using
profanity, that it will change things. I can remember hearing kids who can barely
formulate a sentence, use curse words like they were sailors; and knowing exactly
what they were saying at that. To me that was crazy. You call home to say
something. But if the parent does it as a way of communicating in their normal
day-to-day, what will really change?
It was none of my business, I know, but it was so out in the open that it just made me a little sad.
I think about my own upbringing and the first time I ever
heard my mom say a curse word was when I was in my forties and I had never been
more surprised to even realize she knew them because I never heard her use
them. But every family is different.
Back on the writing grind again and I can say I probably
wrote about 5,000 words today. The first free write 1000, additional words to
the short story book I am gathering together, and a song that I added to my YouTube
for Kids Channel entitled “Talk.”
“Talk” is about using your voice to say what you mean and to
say it effectively without impatiently yelling, cursing or being rude. It’s
about using your voice to speak lovingly when using your voice.
If you are interested, you can check it out at the following
link https://youtu.be/k7uq74Fa0Y4?si=MhyyBwWAg3-CfhXi
