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"I&amp;#039;ve been meaning to write this post forever. Better late than never, I hope? I&amp;#039;ve said in the past that I want to teach Emmett to be a good person\u2014a better person than I am. Here&amp;#039;s one lesson I&amp;#039;m going to make sure he learns early. A few months ago, my friend Ellen\u2014whose son, Max, has cerebral palsy\u2014started a small personal campaign against the word &amp;quot;retard.&amp;quot;  Read her story here. I admit I carelessly used the word &amp;quot;retard&amp;quot; for years. &amp;quot;That cashier was such a retard!&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Are you kidding me? This traffic is retarded!&amp;quot; I never meant it maliciously, but Ellen&amp;#039;s post made me realize that tossing around a demeaning word\u2014even when I&amp;#039;m being flip\u2014can be downright hurtful. I hate the idea of Emmett ever hurting anyone almost as much as I hate the idea of someone hurting him. He&amp;#039;s on the verge of saying &amp;quot;dog&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;daddy&amp;quot; right now, and I know over the next decade he&amp;#039;ll use thousands upon thousands of words. I&amp;#039;m going to do my best to make sure &amp;quot;retard&amp;quot; isn&amp;#039;t one of them. Which means not only will I make sure he doesn&amp;#039;t hear me say that word, I&amp;#039;ll make sure he hears me tell other people why they shouldn&amp;#039;t use that word, either. In the grand scheme of things, I don&amp;#039;t think this will make his life better or worse, but I hope in the long run I can raise a kind, thoughtful son who makes the world a better place for other people. And I think this is a good start.  How do you teach your children to be good people? How closely do you monitor their language? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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