I was reading a bedtime story to my 8 year old son Dillon and his 8 year old cousin Noah last night.  It was a benign story, geared to a younger audience, but the boys had asked me to read it as a simple ploy to stay up later.
We got to the page where Momma [...]

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My 7 year old learned the N-word a few weeks ago, and was immediately told that it was bad, 1.) Because he would get beat up if he used it (explanation from my dad) and 2.) It was just a bad word, “Like the F-word” (explanation from me).  I was left with a fear from [...]

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