In all fairness to my kids, they weren’t telling me “how” to speak. Only what the current perception is-- “woke speech” as @ruecker pointed to. I am not a subscriber, personally, but certainly don’t want to be perceived as unsympathetic. Walking the tightrope…
It is an endless moving target. I do not think woke speech is really to protect other people’s feelings, but rather virtue signaling. I have never had someone cringe or be offended by the term. But I have had a few try to correct me. So I ask them, “were you offended?” and they answer “no…but I thought you should know” I just say, “OK then, thanks”
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Mind your own business
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Yeah, if you are part of the “woke” crowd… Also depends on who the “master” is. I have known parents who have let their teenage daughters take the master bedroom… That says alot
That is the problem!! Everybody just giving in to these morons, so they dont “offend” some poor baby… People need to stand up and say B.S!!
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The question here is: Acceptable to whom? I was taught how (most boomers) to be self sufficient. Awfully funny how so many millennials SELF-esteem is dependent on being liked, approved and accepted by others. If you know who you are (consistent to good values) you won’t need all that. The problem with kids today is they have a serious deficit of values and try to make up for it with all this woke crap.
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Great point. My mother taught me a rhyme, and she reminded me of it often as a child.
Sticks and stone may break my bones but words shall never harm me.
She was arming me and teaching me how to cope.
And that words are not the same as violence, but you would never know that today.
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Well, verbal abuse, both in school setting and online has caused a number of people to end their lives. Kids are being raised differently for sure but words can and do hurt.
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Verbal abuse was not causal. Suicide is a far deeper problem than that. It goes right back to a lack of values.
Of course words hurt. But I watched the video of that preteen beat to a pulp for using a derogatory word. What was sad was how many grown people said he deserved it, as if a bad word was equivalent to a hammer to the head.
So, do you think modern children are more cruel or less prepared to handle the cruelty?
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Both.
Back before online you had say it to someone’s face. Now you get to hide behind a screen, much more cruel.
And yes more and more kids are weak sauce, undisciplined and aren’t taught how to handle their feelings in certain situations.
Parents are not involved. It’s crazy how many swim lessons or parks I go to with my kids and the majority of adults have their face buried in their phone screen. It’s actually quite sad when you see another kid accomplish a new skill, look up and are disappointed because mom or dad was more interested in their screen.
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Great point. I think parents are trying to sort this out. Problem is, many adults have not sorted it for themselves.
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Nothing has really changed. Despite the methods used, humans have always found a way to bully other humans. It could be based on skin color, abilities, body shape, religion, politics, class, or gender, among many other things. It almost seems as if we are pre-programmed to make ourselves feel superior by downgrading those that don’t fit our own view of “normal”.
Until all of us realize that none of us is “normal”, the struggle will continue.
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Both, just like Tony says.
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Wow. What happened to this thread? Going down that deep hole.
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Just name the rooms the same as the listing then YOU cannot be wrong.