Potty Mouths

Is it me? Or has the world gone completely crazy?! When did it become appropriate for people to use foul language in public, out loud, in front of young children?


Let me explain. I was shopping at my favorite clothing store with my 3 daughters. My oldest daughter had received a gift card and was foaming at the mouth to buy herself a new wardrobe. (Teenagers...) While we were browsing through racks of cute t-shirts, there were three girls who looked like they were about 18 years old one aisle over from us. They proceeded to use language best left to a Naval fleet, laughing and giggling the whole time, all the while completely oblivious to the fact that my three year old daughter was standing 5 feet from them.

It is not cute. It is not funny. I have heard f-bombs flying from grown men's mouths in the toy aisle at Walgreens while shopping with my kids. I have heard teenagers cursing at each other in the grocery store will picking out cereal with my youngest daughter. I have even heard other mothers use foul language while berating their children inside a convenience store.

I could give you my analysis of how the world is changing and how television and movies have had too much influence on people's lives. I could give a lecture on poor parenting and how good manners and values should begin in the home. But the long and the short of it is this...people are ultimately responsible for their own actions and decisions.

So if you consciously choose to cuss in front of my kids in public, I choose to tell you to shut the frick up!!