Gee Pete, I just taught my daughter everything including bad music. She's turned out to be a writer and doesn't swear much.
REH ----- Original Message ----- From: "pete" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 8:03 PM Subject: RE: [Futurework] social trends: Profanity > > On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Karen Watters Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I tried to influence my girls that "potty mouths" have poor vocabularies, > >obviously not with great success it seems. However, I also noticed that > >my daughter who curses more around men her age does not do this in front > >of her young son, her father or her grandparents. She will, however, > >purposely annoy me, and then twist the knife by using a good vocabulary > >word I haven't heard her use before. Sigh. > > I had fairly good success with my son's teenage entertainment of > such language by pointing out that 1)if he gets into the habit, > he will find it hard to censor himself in situations which require > it, 2) such language is "low class", and reflects badly on a > person in situations where they are trying to create a good > impression, suggesting sloppiness of thought, low education, > lack of culture and refinement, and lack of respect for society > and property, 3) such situations might include conversations with > potential future employers, or business and political contacts > (my son is wonderfully ambitious, in a backhanded casual sort > of way). I think this works because it is the simple truth, and > speaks directly to his personal advantage. > > -Pete Vincent > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
