Our parents were wrong on this one. It falls into the category of hearing people repeat things because it had been said so many times that it becomes "normal" and just sounded right. I remember hearing that as a kid way too many times to count. Looking back, kids just tend to say kid type stuff, well, because they are kids (I did it as well). They don't really mean it but are in fact just trying to be mean. As an adult, I have learned that words are powerful. They can shape u