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I don't generally say "good girl/boy" but mostly because I try to be specific. "What a good helper!"/"You're doing a good job eating all that food," Etc. Similarly bad boy/girl is a super vague generalization. I don't think my kid is bad. I think they're maybe being bad at doing the thing they were supposed to do or bad at listening.
- Instead Of "Feisty," Say "Go-Getter" When you hear "feisty," it's usually to describe either a cat or a woman. And while it can have some positive connotations, it also tends to mean someone's overly aggressive or argumentative.
- Instead Of "Sissy," Say "Coward" "Sissy" is often used to call someone, particularly a man, a coward by implying that they are feminine — which, in turn, implies that women are weak.
- Instead Of "Frigid," Say "Cold" "Frigid" usually describes a woman who is uptight or sexually closed off. Traditionally (AKA in Sigmund Freud's vocabulary), it's been used to classify women as sexually dysfunctional, often for unfair reasons.
- Instead Of "Ditsy," Say "Spacey" The word "ditsy" goes along with the "dumb blonde" stereotype: It conjures a woman who is unintelligent and unable to be serious.
- Good Boy vs Bad Boy: An Interesting, culture-specific, Phenomenon
- How Bad Boy and Bad Girl Relate to Criticism in General
- No More Mr Bad Boy: What Can You Do instead?
While I was looking at the available research into this phenomenon, I found plenty of studies that explored the impact of harsh criticism and name-calling, but few that specifically delved into the practice of calling children "bad" or "good" boys and girls. One study I did find was focused on linguistics rather than parenting, but it nonetheless o...
We all know, I hope, that calling children more obviously bad names, like "idiot", "lazy", "crazy", "disgusting", "stupid" or "a disappointment" is a bad idea. Research has shown that harsh criticism — which reaches a peak when we criticize our child as a whole person, rather than seeking to correct a certain behavior — can impact children negative...
There's actually quite a fine line between criticizing behavior and your child as a person — your child will still feel the sting if you say "that was a really nasty thing to do!" (even if it was), just as they would if you'd called them a bad boy or girl. More constructive ways to deal include: 1. Asking your child what they themselves think of a ...
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lenticularmedusa. •. This is the only acceptable answer to this question tbh. Reply More replies. [deleted] •. Well if you're replacing "good boy/girl" I'd go with "good pet",but that can easily get weird in the wrong context. A less weird way might be "good enby". I can't stress enough that context and what you're trying to say are very ...
ImCallingYouACunt. •. If said by a guy towards another guy then it'd generally be considered a sarcastic insult. But from a woman to a guy or another woman it'd just be a term they use similarly to the others mentioned. My own mum calls me and my step-dad "doll".
May 13, 2019 · Bad guy is an idiom most common in film but used for any fiction to describe the villain of any sex of a story. "In 101 Dalmations, the bad guy is called Cruella de Vil. In Duel, the bad guy is the car!" The opposite is good guy. "Do you think De Niro is better as bad guy or good guy?"
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Nov 3, 2017 · Why saying ‘good girl’ or ‘good boy’ to kids is a big no-no. I can clearly remember the first time I heard that you shouldn’t say “bold girl” to your child. I was chatting to a friend who has children around the same age as mine – they were toddlers and babies at the time. She said, “You know the way you’re not supposed to ...
