So I noticed online when our kids use slang and sexually explicit language they r being encouraged…and they are made to think tht it actually sounds cool?
I was shocked.
Do you think its a good practice?
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Well this slang yoke is bit like dealing with Ace of spades - why talk in A la mode - will knock me Trouble and Strife , if she let me kids do this pony and trap 
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Encouraged by whom? By authority figures like parents? Most don't....a few will unintentionally promote it through their own parenting. Encouraged by peers? That seems more likely...but often times it's not a blatant encouragement....and is based more upon trying to "fit in" or emulating either negative or positive behaviors of someone who is considered popular or looked up to.
And you think this can't happen offline? What about on the phone? In schools? Personal interactions with peers?
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ofcourse it can happen offline too…
but i witnessed it online..so talked abt online…
its encouraged by ppl waay older than the kidsss…ppl who might hv kids of their own…
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I remember, in my school, teachers were having trouble with students writing in "sms lingo".... u instead of you etc... They say SMS style writing and slang words will be the new english writing style in the future.... just like we moved on from Shakespearen english to this current one that we use
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by slang i meant bad words...
i hv seen it being encouraged on gs.
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“gay” is NOT a bad word 
I use it a lot as a slang! its cool
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:no: i didnt mean kul wala 
and none of the 3 were kids kul:cb:
This is something i have noticed over a period of time.
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Damn, Google translate needs a “Naabigh-to-English” translation option. 
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lol I know I was just messing LP
You are right, and I have heard kids use bad words in real life all the time (especially in Ireland, they like to use the F word a lot!) but they are generally discouraged by their parents/elders .... Online, thats a completely different story.... kids will say and do all sorts of things if there's a lack of supervision...
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lol I know I was just messing LP
You are right, and I have heard kids use bad words in real life all the time (especially in Ireland, they like to use the F word a lot!) but they are genrally discouraged by their parents/elders .... Online, thats a completely different story.... kids will say and do all sorts of things if there's a lack of supervision...
lack of supervision?
arent we all responsible...we r the ones encouraging..right?
we r old enough to discourage a kid..instead we make the kid feel its cool to use such language and to act so and so...to use slangs and make sexually explicit jokes....
so arent we responsible?
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who is we?
because I, for sure, never encourage this kind of behaviour.
But yes, those who do promote it as being cool are responsible.
This is what I mean by lack of supervision... If you neglect your child, he/she will pick up habits/words that aren't good.... You are responsible for making sure your kid behaves!
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Yeh - exactly who is 'we'? i haven't ever seen any swearing/slang encouraged anywhere - be it family/friends?
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I didnt mean You in particular…it was a general “we”
yeah… i guess so too
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oho I know you didn’t mean me in particular… I meant to say what Cupcake said.
And I’m so gonna be a witch with my children when it comes to the internet 
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I was simply shocked to see this behaviour on here..since we all r one family…but well :hinna: