The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

by Jamie Ford

While we know swearing can be cathartic, used in a response to pain, or emphatic as one of our students just demonstrated, the people in the village find it socially offensive. And as we want to be good neighbors, I advise you to extend them that courtesy.”

We’ve raised our kid on this philosophy. She once was so incredibly pissed off about losing Candy Land three times in a row. In an effort to diffuse the situation I offered her the opportunity to use a “grown up word.” She caught me off guard when her little kindergarten self shouted, “F**CK!” She smiled and felt better.