U2democrat
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...but words will never hurt me? This is completely untrue. Words DO hurt...often more than "sticks and stones." Should we rethink teaching this to kids? Or should we leave them to believe that it is true?
nbcrusader said:I think the lesson is to not let others control who you are by their own words. Sure words can hurt, and there are plenty of mean people, but we are not defined by what others say about us.
Saracene said:And stupid kids at school, etc. are only part of the problem; it's much harder to protect yourself from the hurtful words coming from those people who are supposed to care about you, i.e., parents, siblings, sometimes so-called friends.
melon said:It's a fairly meaningless saying, just like when "retarded" became "handicapped" became "mentally impaired" became "intellectually challenged."
In other words, the adage has probably lived out its usefulness.
Melon
VertigoGal said:luckily kids aren't that mean to me...they're fake nice so that they can get me to do all the work on a project or so they can cheat off me. generally I just roll my eyes and tell them to fuck off, it works quite well.
Maggie1 said:Back in the day, when I was growing up, I had a lot of dates and guys calling me. Other girls did not like this and began spreding things around which were not true. These lies they told still hurt today.