Monday Teeny Poll
By Glinda
Last week’s poll about corporal punishment had forty percent of respondents considering a well-placed, well-timed smack on the butt to be fine. Almost a quarter disagreed, saying that any use of physical punishment was wrong, while almost another twenty percent said it depended on the nature of the offense. In the comments, this was clarified as a hit on the hand to prevent touching a hot stove type of thing being OK, but one for accidentally spilling the milk, not so much.
This week I am going to draw from something that happened to me recently. Glinda has to admit that she does cuss upon occasion, which she places the blame for squarely upon her father’s shoulders. But, never around the Munchkin. The other day, I dropped something that I was afraid was going to break, and the word “crap!” came out as it slipped out of my hand. My husband (the Scarecrow) chided me for saying a cuss word around our son. I confess to thinking that crap was not really a cuss word, although I could understand how some would think it was.
What about you?
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August 4th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Is it profanity? No. Is it rude, and not acceptable in polite company or said by a small child? I would say very much yes.
August 4th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
I say no. “Crap” is the new “Poo!” I would not get bent out of shape if an eight year old said “crap,” because if you do, there’s no where to go when he drops the S-bomb.
August 4th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
“Crap” is gateway profanity. Like Sarah said, it’s not cussin’, but it is rude and certainly crass for a kid to say. I still don’t even say “suck” or “screwed” in front of my kids, but lots of my parents drop the f-bomb in front of theirs (and mine, which sucks).
August 5th, 2008 at 3:21 am
You’ve got to be kidding me…
August 11th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
I’m late to the game here, but… my son asked me if he was allowed to say the “c-word” a few weeks ago, and I was aghast. Turns out, he meant “crap,” not what came to my mind, thankfully. I nearly had an aneurysm, wondering where he’d heard the other c-word. He’s not quite seven.