I was lurking over on parenting and there was a thread about the term monkey as a racial slur...which I've obviously heard of before. But some of the ppl think it's inappropriate to call you kid monkey because of this fact. Is this true?! I call DD monkey so much she answers to it now :-S
Re: Calling LO monkey
#boobs
yes, monkey is a "racial slur"..but only if you use it that way....i have no problem with anyone calling their babies monkey........but i've been called monkey a couple times in my life by dickweeds in the past, and i specifically do not call my kids monkeys because of this. i know, it's sad that i'm letting those people change my life..but...that's what happened. racism hurts, even when you're 10 (the last time i was called monkey).