[MamaDearest]

You did great in what you told your 15 year old son. I have a zero tolerance rule for people who take the name of the Lord in vain - no matter who it is. It is the third of the Ten Commandments:

: 3 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

[21twelve]

Way back when the kids were smaller we were talking at the dinner table about swearing and he said “Well, I’ve heard Dad swear”. I said “Well, I doubt it - but maybe you have.” (I was thinking maybe saying something under my breath when I break something, etc.)

He said “No - just yesterday I heard you! You said the ‘S-word’”

“Oh, now I don’t know about that!”

“Yes - when you were getting mad at the dog!!”

It was then that I realized that the “s-word” was “stupid”!

The kids still get called on that. And the other “s-word” as well. (Shut-up).