Kids cussing.

[RatRace123]

I just got to thinking about something I've seen a lot recently, well not recently but moreso than when I was a kid.
Not too long ago I was in highschool and lacking a car I took the bus, the high school and the middle school share the same bus, so there were 10 year olds on the same bus as 18 year olds, that's besides the point though.

Those kids had horrible horrible language, they would cuss more than us high schoolers, and the hate words "fag" and "******" were common tounge among them.

Now I'm no prude, and I certainly don't shy away from swearing, but I'm 19 I earned the right to swear. I'm kinda shocked by all the foul language that today's youth seems to be spouting. (God I feel old saying this)

Is it right for kids to swear? Are they doing it just to feel "tough and mature" so their friends will all be impressed when they start swearing like sailors over by the monkey bars at recess? What do you think's the cause of all the cussing kids? I know back then we all swore too, but in my experience it was no where near as much or as openly as this.
Or am I wrong, and am I a prude?

 

[BabyRaptor]

There is no such thing as a "bad" word. Words are only bad to you because you were taught that they are. They're only bad to the people that taught you such because that's what they were told.

Words are syllables. Sounds used to get across an idea or feeling. Nothing more. Society needs to stop getting offended over strings of sounds put together and start looking at the real problem-the feeling or idea those sounds are being used to get across.

 

[Phlakes]

I think that kids keep getting more disrespectful and immature each year.

 

[delet]

Here's the thought process for kids:

Cussing isn't something we're 'supposed' to do. I don't want to follow other people's rules!
Cussing is something adults do. I want to be adult!
Cussing is something other kids my age do. I want to fit in!

Voila.

 

[Jezzascmezza]

I didn't swear very often as a kid, and still don't swear too often today.
But yeah, little kids cussing is pretty wrong.

 

[Icarion (aka Stockholm)]

I really dislike when kids use hate words. And under 10 shouldn't use swears. And inder 12 shouldn't drop teh F-bomb. Thats how I feel.

 

[TheProfessor134]

I think that kids keep getting more disrespectful and immature each year.

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[FireScythe1992]

I started cussing in middle school, but didn't really start dropping the f-bomb till freshman year. I'm 18 now and curse like a sailor but it's just something kids do because they wanna appear older from what they deem "mature".

 

[Drakmeire]

I can't stand kids especially when they try and act "Grown-up" by acting like immature people.
Sure I swear but I know the proper times to do so and only when it helps to get my point across. kids haven't earned the right to use those words yet since I have never once met a kid who could use it correctly.

 

[JemothSkarii]

I've been seeing a massive, scary change in kids (only 18) about 2 years ago I saw 8 year olds talking like stereotypical movie teens AND swearing like sailors. Not to mention seeing 15 year olds making out with 11 year olds....
I never used to swear as a kid, only did when I hit about 15, which was when my depression hit me and everyone had began to avoid me for those 3 months.

 

[Kakashi on crack]

Man, up until I turned 14 I would get a special combination of habanero peppers and tobasco sauce on my tounge if I even uttered a cuss word. >.>

It's not kids cussing, its parents not disciplining kids. I feel I have the right to cuss about certain things, but really, people should try to be more civil... Especially kids.

And yes, people can argue that "ohh no, belts and discipline of children is wrong and distraughts their flow of emotion and bonding, and etc." but...

I can tell you from personal experience, I was raised on the belt whenever I did something I wasn't supposed to until I started to refuse to react to it. It isn't pleasant, but it teaches discipline, and respect. (Now, of course I would only do something like that if it was a serious issue, I'm not as strict as my father is, but the point still stands.)

EDIT: But yeah, discipline the kid and they will not want to cuss/break rules/etc. Award them for being civil and you got a thing going here and can keep kids from ending up like that!

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

Here's the thought process for kids:

Cussing isn't something we're 'supposed' to do. I don't want to follow other people's rules!
Cussing is something adults do. I want to be adult!
Cussing is something other kids my age do. I want to fit in!

Voila.

This is absolutely correct. I don't know where you were in middle school OP, but I'm close to two years older than you, and I can honestly say it was just as bad as your are describing back then. I didn't partake in it, but the average 12 year old swears to an extent that would make a sailor blush. Most of them outgrow it by the time they're old enough to swear without getting their mouths washed out with soap, but it takes a certain level of maturity to realize just how immature it is to obsess over "mature" content -- a level of maturity that seems to be lacking in most individuals until well into the high school years.

 

[Harrowdown]

You earned the right to certain words by getting older? There is no logic in that statement. Also, it's not cussing. It's cursing. Cussing sounds retarded.

 

[RatRace123]

I don't know where you were in middle school OP, but I'm close to two years older than you, and I can honestly say it was just as bad as your are describing back then. I didn't partake in it, but the average 12 year old swears to an extent that would make a sailor blush. Most of them outgrow it by the time they're old enough to swear without getting their mouths washed out with soap, but it takes a certain level of maturity to realize just how immature it is to obsess over "mature" content -- a level of maturity that seems to be lacking in most individuals until well into the high school years.

I honestly didn't really notice much swearing until we hit highschool, maybe I wasn't paying attention or maybe I have a certain animosity towards the younger generation that amplifies my ability to see their faults.
Wait, now I'm pretty sure that has a lot to do with it.

 

[ApeShapeDeity]

Ok, here's one of the principle differences... When I was a kid, just about any passing adult would slap you in the mouth for swearing at them. Ergo; you didn't do it, cos you didn't wanna get slapped. Kids now know that adults are scared to touch them at all, lest they be hauled before the courts and branded a monster.

Personally, I swear, in context. However, it is often not the most elegant, poetic or even adept way of expressing yourself. That being said, you hit your thumb with a hammer and say "FUCK!", well everyone understands that that meant 'Oh, dear. I seem to have accidentally struck upon my thumb with this hammer, instead of my intended target. It rather hurt like the dickens actually.' but "FUCK!" is a single sylable, which encapsulates that whole thing better... so "FUCK!" it is in my book. I'm happy to let that slide from a five year old, too.

 

[Nouw]

Here's the thought process for kids:

Cussing isn't something we're 'supposed' to do. I don't want to follow other people's rules!
Cussing is something adults do. I want to be adult!
Cussing is something other kids my age do. I want to fit in!

Voila.

Can't really explain more than this.

To kids, swearing makes them cooler.
Ergo, they swear as often as they can.

Cussing can be done well and can be done terribly. Kids do the latter.

 

[Azaraxzealot]

I think that kids keep getting more disrespectful and immature each year.

because parents are spending more time protesting things and trying to get the rest of the world to be safe for "their little darlings" that they never bother to focus on actually, you know, RAISING their own kids?

south park teaches me a great many things.

 

[CarpathianMuffin]

Here's the thought process for kids:

Cussing isn't something we're 'supposed' to do. I don't want to follow other people's rules!
Cussing is something adults do. I want to be adult!
Cussing is something other kids my age do. I want to fit in!

Voila.

No way you could sum it up better than that.

Most kids have a very skewed view on maturity, sadly enough. It isn't necessarily to do with this generation, just happens with kids in general.

 

[philosophicalbastard]

I think that kids keep getting more disrespectful and immature each year.

They should be disrespectful and immature, they're kids. Though, there is a point where it gets a tad rediculous.