Well I have kids and motherfucker is a disgusting word (or perhaps two) and I would much rather them listen to brittany than say that.

My 15 year old daughter reads those Girl magazines like Dolly and Girlfriend and they are quite good reading. A lot of solid stuff in them as well as the teeny boy/girl articles.

I know it's a disgusting word, but what do you use to describe disgusting people?

I'm not saying that either one of those judgements is necessarily right or wrong, I'm just using them as an example to make my point that I would be more concerned about having my kids develop good critical thinking skills than society's attitudes to the words they use to express that criticism. "Motherfucker" is a very powerful and expressive word which can be used to intensify a negative judgement of a person, and sometimes that's necessary. If I find out someone has been diddling my bank balance to buy a yacht, then they're not going to get away with "dastardly cad".

i do agree that these magazines have very good articles in them, they did help me alot a few years ago. but do they have to use such language to get through to these young readers?

Unfortunately this world is changing faster than people care to admit. You only have to do a bit of research into how our parents lived and what they found 'repulsive' about their children's behaviour to see what the younger generation is trying is nothing new. They just need barriers to break and parents to shock. All I can do as a parent is give them guidance and somewhere to return to if it all goes to shit.

Some time ago a kid (approximately 8 y/o) was talking about fucking. I asked him if he knew what that meant. He told me it was a sort of fisting, but then with your penis. I couldn't help but laugh.