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sapphi_snake on 13 December 2010
Kantor said:

Tell her about how the Boogieman will get her if she raises that finger, because it's a secret evil symbol.

You know, kind of like Candlejack. That way, she'll defini

No. She's already terrified at the boogieman. Plus, in Romanian the term for "boogieman" is "omul negru" which literally means "black man". Whenever she sees a black person on the street she gets scared. I don't want her acting anymore racist.



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sapphi_snake on 13 December 2010
Kyren said:

Tell her, that finger is the devil's favorite snack and if she keeps doing it. She might attract the devil and when she's asleep the devil will come and take it away from her... Of course this might have some side effects like nightmares or trauma or fear of sleeping. :)

I'm not religious, so I don't want to continue with the religious sillyness my mom's all about.



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"Last book I read was Brokeback Mountain, I just don't have the patience for them unless it's softcore porn."

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"If you cant stand the sound of your own voice than dont become a singer !!!!!"

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szerbijn on 13 December 2010

tell her that if she keeps doing that, the fingercutter will come and cut her finger, because it's its favorite finger.

Or tell her what it means. ignorance isn't good.



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sapphi_snake on 13 December 2010
salaminizer said:

she's not the "type of evil kid"... she's just like every normal kid :D

You don't know her man. She tried to kill me with a knife, but no one believes me!!!



"I don't understand how someone could like Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, but not like Twilight!!!"

"Last book I read was Brokeback Mountain, I just don't have the patience for them unless it's softcore porn."

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"If you cant stand the sound of your own voice than dont become a singer !!!!!"

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The Ghost of RubangB on 13 December 2010

The way to stop kids from using foul language or gestures is to tell them that they're out of fashion.  Tell her that "the finger" was only used by stupid people in the 1700s, and that if anybody uses it in public today they usually go straight to jail for being so boring and lame.



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sapphi_snake on 13 December 2010
highwaystar101 said:

If it's that much of a problem just break her finger. That'll stop her...

But in all seriousness, just don't react to it. She'll get bored after a couple of hours and just forget about it. If she asks what it means just don't reply, if she shoves it in your face just don't bat an eyelid. Kids thrive on attention for things like this.

She does love getting attention.



"I don't understand how someone could like Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, but not like Twilight!!!"

"Last book I read was Brokeback Mountain, I just don't have the patience for them unless it's softcore porn."

                                                                               (The Voice of a Generation and Seece)

"If you cant stand the sound of your own voice than dont become a singer !!!!!"

                                                                               (pizzahut451)

Kyren on 13 December 2010
sapphi_snake said:
Kyren said:

Tell her, that finger is the devil's favorite snack and if she keeps doing it. She might attract the devil and when she's asleep the devil will come and take it away from her... Of course this might have some side effects like nightmares or trauma or fear of sleeping. :)

I'm not religious, so I don't want to continue with the religious sillyness my mom's all about.


You can always replace devil with any other monster :P like pikachu or kirby or chuckie!



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sad.man.loves.vgc on 13 December 2010

She will know eventually and she will raise it eventually. I still don't get why people think it's a big deal. We all cuss and raise the finger...

 

EDIT: oh this is sapphi! well just don't give her the attention she is seeking for



sapphi_snake on 13 December 2010
The Ghost of RubangB said:

The way to stop kids from using foul language or gestures is to tell them that they're out of fashion.  Tell her that "the finger" was only used by stupid people in the 1700s, and that if anybody uses it in public today they usually go straight to jail for being so boring and lame.

What if she sees Miley Cyrus giving someone the finger tomorrow? She'll never stop then!!!



"I don't understand how someone could like Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, but not like Twilight!!!"

"Last book I read was Brokeback Mountain, I just don't have the patience for them unless it's softcore porn."

                                                                               (The Voice of a Generation and Seece)

"If you cant stand the sound of your own voice than dont become a singer !!!!!"

                                                                               (pizzahut451)

highwaystar101 on 13 December 2010
sapphi_snake said:
highwaystar101 said:

If it's that much of a problem just break her finger. That'll stop her...

But in all seriousness, just don't react to it. She'll get bored after a couple of hours and just forget about it. If she asks what it means just don't reply, if she shoves it in your face just don't bat an eyelid. Kids thrive on attention for things like this.

She does love getting attention.


Then that might be a good solution. Give it a go and let me know how it goes.