Elementary school kids swearing and dating?
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Never understood the idea that hitting kids makes them be better people. I was never hit, I was disciplined with the whole go to your room thing. Yeah sure the room was filled with toys, but I'd always end up being to upset about my situation to make the best of it and I'd be pretty bummed out that my parents were mad at me. It always ended with me inevitably leaving my room voluntarily to apologize... which just strikes me now as something really mature I did at a young age. Huh.
Around the 5th grade, at least for my group of peers was the cusp of the time that crushes and the like started happening. And how devastated I was when the girl I had the biggest crush on started officially going out-out with the school yard rebel. Ha. That doesn't strike me as odd in the least.
Cursing... Well I was aware of curse words from a young age. I didn't actively curse until early high school. For the most part didn't feel the need, I suppose. I never desired to hurt anyone feelings, and when I was upset... well fuck, I was child. I cryed my little eyes out. I do recall going over a friends house around that time and witnessing him just ripping into, I mean full on cursing out his grandmother. I was appalled and shocked by that level of disrespect. Years later that same kid would be arrested for sodomizing a fellow teen at football camp with a broom stick. World is weird like that.
Around the 5th grade, at least for my group of peers was the cusp of the time that crushes and the like started happening. And how devastated I was when the girl I had the biggest crush on started officially going out-out with the school yard rebel. Ha. That doesn't strike me as odd in the least.
Cursing... Well I was aware of curse words from a young age. I didn't actively curse until early high school. For the most part didn't feel the need, I suppose. I never desired to hurt anyone feelings, and when I was upset... well fuck, I was child. I cryed my little eyes out. I do recall going over a friends house around that time and witnessing him just ripping into, I mean full on cursing out his grandmother. I was appalled and shocked by that level of disrespect. Years later that same kid would be arrested for sodomizing a fellow teen at football camp with a broom stick. World is weird like that.
That really is sad, when I was in Elementary school (I was born in 1990) even just one minor bad word and the whole class would freak out, no one dated (back then you had cooties until middle school), but there was those occasional 'so and so likes so and so' and they would pick on them.
Meh. I don't see the huge deal. Little kids have always swore and "dated". I just thought it was the norm when I was a kid. But now that I'm older, I'll say that I don't care if little kids curse, but I do think they should be at least 16 before "serious" dating (which is what a lot of 12 year olds try to do) But silly kid stuff is fine.
I learnt the word "****" when I was about nine years old.
Of course, I never used it. No one did. I mean I still don't use it now, but a lot of my friends use it all the time.
The other day there was this socia disco at my Primary school, and my friend had a little brother there so we went to it. We used to have them, it basically consisted of running around the school, one person always had water bombs and we thought they were wicked.
Although when I went back there a few weeks ago, all the Year 3's and 4's were running around saying "****". They had no idea what it meant, or what a vagina even looked like, but they still said it. I was kind of shocked, but it didn't phase me that much.
But when I was at a mates house I heard his little sister (11-12 years old) talking with her mum about how her friend was
"Going out with this guy, to make this other guy jealous who used to go out with her."
Holy shit, I mean my relationships aren't that Goddamn complicated, and I'm in my mid-late teens.
I think that kids are maturing faster.
It probably has to do with all those violent video games! <_<
Of course, I never used it. No one did. I mean I still don't use it now, but a lot of my friends use it all the time.
The other day there was this socia disco at my Primary school, and my friend had a little brother there so we went to it. We used to have them, it basically consisted of running around the school, one person always had water bombs and we thought they were wicked.
Although when I went back there a few weeks ago, all the Year 3's and 4's were running around saying "****". They had no idea what it meant, or what a vagina even looked like, but they still said it. I was kind of shocked, but it didn't phase me that much.
But when I was at a mates house I heard his little sister (11-12 years old) talking with her mum about how her friend was
"Going out with this guy, to make this other guy jealous who used to go out with her."
Holy shit, I mean my relationships aren't that Goddamn complicated, and I'm in my mid-late teens.
I think that kids are maturing faster.
It probably has to do with all those violent video games! <_<
For the love of god, people, you get mad and insulted when everybody's like 'VIDEO GAMES CORRUPT OUR YOUTH' and 'KIDS THESE DAYS' and now you're like 'KIDS THESE DAYS' yourself?Blame it on Ben said:
Alright get this: kids are not nice. They are not cute. They are people, with all the not-niceness that people inherently posess. They desperately want to be part of the group like everyone else. Cursing makes them cool. Dating has been taught by all the kids shows in which the main characters sleep around (offscreen, obviously, see Totally Spies) and all those children's magazines about the 'hottest hollywood star' etc. Culturally we teach them to start with these kind of things way before they biologically will.
Still, there is no problem with this. Kids are smarter and more mature than you might think.
No it's not, up until now kids had no way of finding out about it. Sex ed is a very new thing, the internet is newer.Gentile said:
It's probably due to parenting. Yeah, I know, I'm picking a easy target but the truth is if parents take good care of their kids they won't be exposed to this sort of thing until they're old enough or at least they'll discourage it as much as possible.
The school I went to was a R-13 school and I was getting called a 'stupid *****' by kids as young as 5 or 6. Most of the time I ignored it and the kids walked away giggling but once I asked them to repeat what they had said and they hurried away looking worried. I think teens, especially the older ones, need to start trying to discourage younger kids. They might be able to get through to them better than parents as they're the ones that younger kids are admiring.
The school I went to was a R-13 school and I was getting called a 'stupid *****' by kids as young as 5 or 6. Most of the time I ignored it and the kids walked away giggling but once I asked them to repeat what they had said and they hurried away looking worried. I think teens, especially the older ones, need to start trying to discourage younger kids. They might be able to get through to them better than parents as they're the ones that younger kids are admiring.
I was swearing at the age of 7, even if my parents never heard me all the time 
Children are becoming far too influenced by different forms of media these days and some parents are more than happy to support their 10 year old looking and acting like 16 year olds. My mum never let me wear mid-drifts, mini skirts, make up etc outside of home use until I was at least 15 and even then I was more a tomboy so I didn't even wear skirts or dresses until I finished high school and matured a bit more.
I'm disgusted by what I see from some children and their parents now.
Children are becoming far too influenced by different forms of media these days and some parents are more than happy to support their 10 year old looking and acting like 16 year olds. My mum never let me wear mid-drifts, mini skirts, make up etc outside of home use until I was at least 15 and even then I was more a tomboy so I didn't even wear skirts or dresses until I finished high school and matured a bit more. I'm disgusted by what I see from some children and their parents now.