Do You Punish Your Kids For Swearing?

If you do, then you might want to rethink your discipline strategy, especially if it includes washing your kid’s mouth out with soap. My parents made the popular soap-eating threat on numerous occasions while I was growing up, though thankfully, they never had to follow through. Such is not the case with a Florida family, who recently made headlines for taking the soap punishment to extremes. According to news reports, Florida police jailed and charged Wilfredo Rivera and Adriyanna Herdener with neglect of a child and child abuse for forcing an eight-year-old girl to chew on soap after she swore … Continue reading

When Kids are Exposed to Bad Language (Outside the Home)

For some families cursing and swearing is not a big deal, while for others, how people speak is very important. Unfortunately, even if you are very careful how you speak within your house and even if you are successful in banning cursing and bad language within the family walls, children will be exposed to bad language out and about. How much control can a parent have and how can we counter the bad language a child may be exposed to? Unless we live in a remote area or under a rock, our children will be exposed to unsavory language. They … Continue reading