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When kids repeat naughty words

01/19/2012 By Leave a Comment

It isn’t easy raising children in today’s rude, crude world. We all giggle when naughty words escape from our children’s angelic faces, we’re embarrassed when it happens a second time and absolutely mortified when it happens in front of our parents. There are many euphemisms for naughty words, and we learn them very quickly when speaking in front of children, but we’re not always successful.

The infamous Parents Television Council takes a moment to step in and remind us how crude we, and the television shows we watch, are. As usual, they are criticizing prior to an episode being aired. This time they are picking on one of the most popular shows on television. The latest episode of “Modern Family” depicts a couple’s reaction to their daughter’s use of the euphemism for a naughty word. PTC has labeled this child abuse, ABC feels differently.

Read more at E! Online.com.

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About Eileen Rivera

Eileen was born in The Bronx, to Puerto Rican parents. She grew up thinking the whole world was Latino. Moving to Rockland County in upstate New York taught her it wasn’t. One more move in 1976, brought her to Hudson County, New Jersey where she currently resides. She attended Rutgers-Newark where she majored in Social Work with a minor in Puerto Rican studies. Eileen credits her history professor, Dr. Olga Wagenheim, for the spark and impetus to search out her roots in a pre-computer era. The daughter of a minister, she credits her father for the activism, volunteerism and search for justice that have characterized her adult years.

The mother of two adult daughters, Eileen has worked in the Juvenile Justice system for twenty-eight years. She acts as a liaison between the Juvenile Detention Center and the Juvenile Court.

Writing was something she shared with family. Stories and songs for her children and Christmas tales for the extended family. She now shares her writing with a larger family, the Being Latino family.

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be understood to be shared by Being Latino, Inc.

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