Sci-Fi Insults and other insults in our house
Ok. So, I’m in the kitchen cooking dinner tonight and making homemade bread when I overheard a conversation between John and Clare:
John: “Clare, wanna’ play a video game?”
Clare: “No.”
John: “C’mon, Clare! You never play with us!”
Clare: “I guess it’s just who I am.”
John: “No, it’s not! It’s your evil wicked stepmother who took away your other self! (Pause) CYLON!”
For those of you who don’t know, “Cylon” is one of the worst insults my kids could possibly say to each other. It basically means they are deceptive, disguised as robots, machines and of an advanced reptilian race. You could delve deeper by clicking on the links.
I have set forth a rule that the only insults the kids are allowed to say in our house are those that aren’t overly harmful – they can let each other know they have had enough of each other by calling each other fruit and vegetable names, but not names that actually attack each other’s character (For example, they get in trouble for calling each other crude names like “butthead” or “fart-sicle”; and SERIOUS trouble for “stupid” ). I figure the ridiculousness of being called an “apple” or a “stalk of celery” will help them realize that it’s not worth it to stay angry for too long. Insults don’t have power when they are not, well, truly insulting.
