[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by baby boo

they wont like it , i dont like it but i can bet you bottom dollar that somtime they will use it! i hate swearing but ive done it occasionaly as it just comes out i then realise what i do and then i do actually apologise out loud even if i am on my own.

This is what I was getting at with the title of the post - the more something is heard then the more likely it is to settle into one's brain and be there to call upon without really thinking. If it wasn't heard so much then it wouldn't be so readily available to the mind when frustrated/angry or whatever. By placing it before children in a learning context this is reinforcing the embedding of it in the brain.

My daughter felt extremely uncomfortable when faced with this word in class and I cannot imagine her wanting to use it in any situation. You may want to tell me that I'm deluding myself but I have seen and overheard her in stressed out situations and the worst she has come out with is "flippin grr!" and "oh for goodness sakes!" Believe me she doesn't get any more stressed than when her sister has messed up her room and used something of hers or she can't find what she's looking for because someone else has made the place untidy.

No doubt someone will tell me that the words she uses are no better than if she used the famous "f" word but to us there is a world of a difference.

Remember what a fuss there was at first when Alf Garnet called his wife a "silly moo"? Ah those were the days.