Ok,
(first of all, I searched all of the previous forums, before asking this)
I am a teacher that goes into homes to prepare 0-3 year olds for Head Start, I teach them basic rules like waiting their turn, saying please, picking up toys, using good language skills instead of screaming. It should also be noted that I teach Hispanic children, in Spanish.
I just saw that "coger" is deemed as a profane word. WELL, I had a Mexican mother instruct me to tell her child to "recoger" the toys instead of "limpialos del piso" 3 years ago when I started and my Spanish was very rough. She explained that "recoger" was to pick up. So I have been using it ever since....now I'm concerned,. Is "recoger" considered a slang or form of profanity to some groups? If so, I would like to know so I can mentally cross it out of my mind.
