My kid has started saying "hell" and he thinks he's so tough. [View All]

[Maddy McCall]

It all began with him going to sunday school with his grandfather and him coming back and telling me about what he had been taught that day. He was censoring himself when he would talk about heaven and hell in the hades sense (which I find truly disturbing that children are being told that they will burn in hell, but that's another thread).

I told him, "Son, you can say 'hell' when you're talking about the devil's domain, you know. It's not a dirty word."

So, now when I propose something he is eager to do, like, "Kiddo, do you want to go out for pizza?" his response is "HELL yeah!"

He's finding very creative ways to use the word "hell." "What the hell?" And he thinks he's getting away with it. Mind you, this is the child who frowns at me when I say "shit" or "damn!"

I guess I'd better put the quaitus to it before he says "Hell yeah" to his grandfather. :7