Won't somebody think of the chuyeeeldrennnnn!!!!
"Watch what you say around the kids."
"Little pitchers! Shush!"
"If there are kids in the building, watch your mouth."
The world is not a sanitary place. The world is not a nice place. The world does not give one tiny tinker's damn if your child doesn't know what to do when presented with a curse word. The world cares precisely zero point zero repeating if your child does or does not know about sex, clothing, cults, Jesus, or to not eat the berries from the plant with waxy leaves.
Do you know who DOES care what your child knows? You. If you want your child to know how to handle things, then you need to educate your child, not shield them or deny them experiences. Whether you like it or not, your children are going to hear these things, learn these terrible things you don't want them to know. Just like you did, once upon a time. The only thing you're doing by sugar-coating and whitewashing the world is setting that kid up higher and higher for the inevitable, unavoidable fall.
Don't like this stark realism? Do go fuck yourself. Doesn't matter if you like it or not. It's going to happen anyway.
"Little pitchers! Shush!"
"If there are kids in the building, watch your mouth."
The world is not a sanitary place. The world is not a nice place. The world does not give one tiny tinker's damn if your child doesn't know what to do when presented with a curse word. The world cares precisely zero point zero repeating if your child does or does not know about sex, clothing, cults, Jesus, or to not eat the berries from the plant with waxy leaves.
Do you know who DOES care what your child knows? You. If you want your child to know how to handle things, then you need to educate your child, not shield them or deny them experiences. Whether you like it or not, your children are going to hear these things, learn these terrible things you don't want them to know. Just like you did, once upon a time. The only thing you're doing by sugar-coating and whitewashing the world is setting that kid up higher and higher for the inevitable, unavoidable fall.
Don't like this stark realism? Do go fuck yourself. Doesn't matter if you like it or not. It's going to happen anyway.