SofiaAmes Mon 09-Apr-18 04:29:12

I think it really does depend on the situation. I would never let my children call anyone any sort of derogatory term like idiot or moron when they were little. And generally it's not a term that I like to hear bandied about as generally most people are not in control of the the intelligence they were born with, or the ability to be educated beyond their genetic start in life. Just as you wouldn't call someone a cripple who was born with a physical disability. Although, having said all of that, when my genius teenage ds is doing something particularly moronic as only teenage boys know how to do (let's drink a cup of ghost pepper salsa and see what happens.....!!!!), I do occasionally use that adjective. Or when dd (who is 15) leaves her place at the table looking like a 2 year old sat there and then wipes it up with a greasy sponge leaving smears all over the table, I do call her a piggy.