Quote: "I love how everyone treats children like some sort of angelic beings, yet every eight year old I've walked past calls me names I can't say due to the actual purpose behind this thread itself."
Aye, so very true. But, I think what people are considering more is their parents, their parents' wishes and not being responsible for encouraging or further corrupting their kids.
Though at the same time, there's people who are just genuinely offended by swearing, so it's not just the kids. Some kids were genuine about their lack of swearing, you know, the "I'm telling your mum on you!" type.
Kids just avoid swearing in front of their parents, but since my late teens my parents haven't been bothered by the fact I swear like a sailor and the fact I've never been in the navy.
However, I think there's an interesting contrast in attitudes to swearing in kids when I was growing up.
In year 7 I was almost given detention because I used the word 'crap' in a sentence when talking to my brother on the playground, a teacher just so happened to be walking behind. In year 8 one of the trouble-maker kids tried the whole, "lets eff and blind at the teacher" routine followed by insults and got suspended and had to change tutor groups, when I reached 6th form at school, it was normal for a lot of kids to repeat said routine, but without discipline, instead teachers just reasoned with them.
The respect teachers demanded from when I started and finished had plummeted. Saying that, since they got a new headmistress apparently behaviour has greatly improved, but still it was just weird being in sixth form seeing kids use very colourful language to the teachers. Sure we did the same, but sixth form is where teachers treat you like adults, even to the degree where they'll happily buy alcohol for you even though you're underraged and then throw a party...as irresponsible, illegal and tabloid headline worthy as that may be, it was an awesome party.
Quote: "Chavvy parents young enough that they go to the same school as their kids?"
Funny and perhaps I'd crown you a god among men for such a fair and accurate statement. Reminds me of a newspaper article I read, "Country's Youngest Grandfather, aged 29". I understand people do foolish things when they're, but it seems too common amongst the chavs and that pretty much spells it out. And add the banner my friend saw walking past somebody's house that read, "Happy 30th Birthday Grandma" to the picture.
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I realise that on one hand I'm celebrating underraged drinking and on the other am seemingly condemning underraged pregnancy, it would seem a tad bit strange. I think any vice is allright so long as the party members are responsible and that's not always defined by age, though legally it may be. I wouldn't encourage anybody to do either, but understand that people do it and if they're gonna have sex or get drunk underraged that they do it responsibly.
