Comments on: Kids and the F-Word

By: karen

karen — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:58:24 +0000

i never comment, but i just had to share this one… when my mom was in elementary school someone was being mean to her on the playground. so she told her to “go milk a duck” :o) my mom got sent to the principal’s office, there was a phone call home, and she got in huge trouble. so when we were growing up, when we were really mad at each other, we’d say “go milk a duck” and it would always end with everyone laughing, including my mom :o)

By: angie

angie — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:45:54 +0000

we are raising a housefull of teens and the colorful language is a challenge yet as old as they get I do not like to hear it and promptly tell them about it

By: Sonia Barton

Sonia Barton — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:30:19 +0000

I never swore until I married a Sailor, and now he gets so upset when I swear. We have massive potty mouths when we are home (myself and the kids – I have a 26 year old in the Army, a 22 year old roughneck works on an oil rig, and a 19 year old that want to be a Sailor). And my husband that taught us all to swear gets so upset.

We really do try hard not to, and it really only slips out at home. The whole thing is really strange.

So I think I’m going to implement a new house rule – The F word is Fart! Thank you! I think that might work. Fudge never did.

By: The Atomic Mom

The Atomic Mom — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 01:36:32 +0000

I love that F-word. Too bad the other one is way too real and overly prevalent. I remember once calling my sister a stupid head when we were kids and getting in pretty big trouble because of it.

By: Allison @ Ali n Son

Allison @ Ali n Son — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:47:48 +0000

Too funny! I don’t swear often only when I’m really ticked. Sometimes nothing but the real f-word will do.

By: Lolli

Lolli — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:57:43 +0000

In reply to LeAnn. My daughter (who is in 9th grade) has started saying "SHUT the front door!" to be silly. It still shocks me a little when I hear her start that phrase. Eek!

By: Lolli

Lolli — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:56:45 +0000

In reply to Annie. Yes, once they pass kindergarten (and sometimes even in kindergarten) you can't stop them from being exposed to it!

By: LeAnn

LeAnn — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:54:20 +0000

My 17-year-old son hears a lot of swearing from his on-line gaming friends. He knows I don’t want him swearing, so he has come up with his own non-swear words. His alternative, parent-approved F word is fudgesickle. Makes me chuckle every time I hear it.

By: Annie

Annie — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:26:22 +0000

I think it’s sad how the f-word gets treated like just any old word now. We’ve been know to say a few cuss words, but I really started paying attention to what I was saying when my oldest was a year old and learning how to talk and I heard him mutter, “Demmit!” under his breath and realized that he was copying me. Of course, I was saying the real word! I discourage the words “sucks”, “hate”, “shutup”, “stupid”, “idiot”, etc.

We’ve come up with some alternative words, too. We’ll say “Holy…” anything. The pot boiling over on the stove? Holy overflowing pot!

I use Crud a lot, too.

My little guys still thing the s-word is stupid.

Unfortunately, my older two have heard plenty of swear words since they’re out in the world a little bit more.

I’ve found that if you nicely call attention to someone’s language use, and ask if they can watch it around the kids, they’re usually sorry and clean it up. Even the teenagers! I think with some people it has become a real habit, and they don’t even notice it.

By: Lolli

Lolli — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:21:53 +0000

In reply to Courtney. Me too. Me too. And as a child myself who swore out loud in church when I was 2 because I'd heard "someone" say something a few times....I know how careful parents need to be with whatever they say, swearing or not!