> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>> Cheers, >>>> Carl. >>>> >>>> [1] Random is my 9yr old daughter's most recent 'word'. Every second >>>> thing is 'random'. >> >> Wait, the next one is "gay". As in >> >> Parent: "bedtime now" >> Child: "thats gay" >> >> Gay appears to be a word that has changed meanings at least twice in my >> lifetime. I am used to them changing once, but twice makes me feel old! > > Just goes to show that homophobia is alive and well in the playground.
I think you misunderstood what i said. It has moved (in the parlance of the young) from being a term to describe homosexuals to a general term of derision. > > Have parents lost the skill of intervention? What other criteria? > >
