Is there any way to turn off individual status updates in Facebook?

[Sylvanette]

I have some young relatives whose language is quite colourful, so I don't really want to see every time they update their status, but I want to keep them on my friends list for the sake of family harmony.

[iloveanimals]

no i dont think so, facebook is made so that you can see what everyone does at every moment
im sorry.
just try to ignore it

[delightfulclam383]

yup u can block their updates on the right side it should say REMOVE.

[shawn]

Nope