I grew up with the phrase “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me”. It seems we have become whiners and wimps. Now the New Hanover County Sheriff Department has become the “Spoken or written word Police”. If our spoken or written words are held hostage because someone is offended then we are no longer a free people.

The parent who is “old, out-of-touch” , there are websites that will translate or provide the definition of slang or internet abbreviations