Taupe plaid issues aside, I nostalgically remember years ago when 3 year olds didn't dare go around saying "stupid butt crack" in front of grown ups. A few years ago my little nephews (around 7) started talking about some juvenile humored PG movie while visiting us and laughed while repeating some jokes from it to me about 'hairy balls' and demonstrating farts from the movie. Can you imagine communicating to your aunt like this, in front of your approving father yet?? I told them to not behave like that but they just laughed and their father (my brother) laughed too and thought it was a real riot.
After they returned home I told my brother on the phone that we didn't want to have that kind of bathroom humor inflicted on us in our own house by children and that if they wanted to come visit again they'd all have to clean up their act. To his credit, he agreed calmly rather than reacting badly. But we never got a chance to test the new rules out. Oh well.
Ok, rant over, sorry... a pet peeve of mine! I guess I must sound like an old prude these days when 'anything goes'.