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@tmichaelcart As far as I know, they don't know the racial slur beginning with N. There are several words that we strongly dissuade the kids from saying; Hate, Kill, Stupid to name a few. Now, when one of the kids wants to tattle on a sibling, they will say he or she said the H-Word, the K-Word...

@amadeus250 I didn't say "N-Word," they started it after I put a hard stop to newb. Second, they don't go online, single-player only. As I think about it more, I do have to wonder if they have ever heard "N-Word" somewhere else or if they were smart enough to come up with it on their own knowing...

@jvgkaty Not trying to play the "black friend" card, but they have two biracial cousins who they greatly appreciate spending time with and my kids are (according to the matrilineal custom) Jewish. I don't want to minimize the struggles their cousins will face, but I also don't want to teach my...

@azdsweets Not meant to be funny. The interesting thing is that there was a time not too long ago when raising kids to be oblivious to race was the goal. It would be tough for me to be apologetic about my kids not knowing racial slurs.

@perfect786 Bingo, from trying to keep them from using n00b as an insult I unwittingly opened up a much worse can of worms.

@jme602 7 year old is playing (5 year old does every now and then) single player peaceful mode. I like seeing what she can build and I make her sound the words out. No multiplayer.

@eyesopen10 I'm not sure what clickbait is, but I sure as hell know that if my kids say "N-Word" in any sort of company it isn't going to go over well.

@kesh77 Thanks, I'm a bit surprised, but not really worried. People are acting like it's Fahrenheit 451 here. I'm pushing the kids not to say they're going to kill each other or that another one (or Mommy or Daddy) is stupid. Kill a mosquito? Fine. This game is stupid? Not too bad. I hate you...

@justasimpleservant74 Big difference in my opinion between a father-son interaction that's jovial and a sibling relationship that flares tempers and is 50/50 to end in an episode of shoving buddies. Glad you guys have a good relationship. I long for the day my 5yo starts to roll with the punches...

@daniellehunt 1) Wait, what? When my 5 year old tells his brother he's "going to kill him," that's a bright line he's stepped over. Not okay at 5, 15 or 25. Not OK to say it outside of the house to someone he isn't related to. My mom passed away 8 months ago. We talk about death and how it is...

@katrina2017 Yeah, my first impulse was to come back with, "wait, we can't say that (N-Word)" They of course asked why and I responded with that N-Word doesn't mean newb, it means a word that's much worse and I couldn't tell them what it was. Just that while we don't call people names, it's...

Kids are 7, 5 and 4. 7 year old is playing Minecraft after a few month break. She's forgotten most of what she had learned. The 5 year old starts calling her a newb/n00b. Thanks Youtube. I don't want them calling each other names and I don't want them calling other kids newbs either. So I tell...