Name Calling
When my kids went through that phase, I figured out that some of the names were coming from otherwise OK TV shows (Sponge Bob was a big culprit). I'm not a hard core TV limiter, but, we had to get rid of a couple of the shows for a while.
I always tell them that they shouldn't ever call anyone a "name like that, especially someone in our family". The "shock and sadness" I registered usually got their attention.
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