re: Do you use the F word around your kids?

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You think swear sounds better?

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I grew up with the word "Cuss".

Fck no

I try not to, especially with the F word. That has been only slipped by accident a couple times. Same with shite. I let that slip around my one of my 1.5 year olds in a single word fashion and he did the same for a bit. We did get a hilarious moment outta him though.

He was sleeping between me and mommy and shuffles a little bit and goes "shite." Then he sat up and paused for a second before going "...shite." like he was woke from an alarm and upset about being awake lol

Edit: He has forgot the word after a couple weeks in favor of words he heard much more commonly.

frick no! Thats legit trashy...not just OT trash. I curse like crazy but not infront my kid, especially since he started talking.

Don't cuss, curse, or swear at all. I was taught that profanities are strong words used by weak people.

A quick way to lose the respect of your kids is to behave around them with no self control, whether that be evident through alcohol use or anger or language or anything else.

We don’t cuss around our kids. But this thread reminds me of the one and only time in my 28 years of being married to her daughter I heard my MIL drop an f-bomb. We were on our way home from taking her and my now deceased step-FIL to the Ark in Kentucky. I can’t remember what he did exactly, but my step-FIL had pissed her off royally. That’s what made her drop the f-bomb. I wouldn’t have been more shocked if I’d have heard the Pope drop one. Thankfully neither of our kids heard her say it.

I rarely used any cuss word around my daughter as she grew up. Of course, as a former sailor some would occasionally slip out, but she was quick to let me know I shouldn't say that word.

Was in a minor fender bender when the kids were little. As I heard the car behind hit our rear bumper, the F word started to come but caught myself.

Our 6 year old daughter excitedly blurted out “I knew what you were going to say!” Catholic school kid like all of us.

Didn’t get it from me, they’ve never heard me cuss. My curse word around them is rats. Being a Marine, not always easy but a deliberate choice. It stuck with them as they became adults.

Mission Accomplished.

Agreed. We had to ask some family members to try to avoid cussing in front of our toddler during the holidays. You would have thought we asked them to donate a kidney. Also noticing a lot of younger parents our age cussing around their toddlers.

I just don’t understand the lack of respect to not hold your tongue around young kids. Seems like it should just be common sense to have a bit of respect, especially around other people’s kids.