Do your kids curse?

[BonBon]

Holy cow, what did your friend do?! That makes for an uncomfortable experience at the Y. I'm not sure why the other mom didn't directly address the kid and tell him why that's not a nice thing to say.

[Chrisada]

I know she shut her down once she started yelling. The mom then complained to the director of the Y. She called me really shaken up.

[v-girl]

Just popping in to say poopy. Poopy. Poopy. Poopy. I'm sorry. Poopy. I can't stop. Poopy. Poopy. Last one. Poopy. I swear. Poopy. Crap. I sweared. Poopy.

[ladymoreta]

LOL V! I regularly say "Oh poop!" when something bad happens. DS always talks about it when I am actually pooping, and when he or his sister has a poopy diaper, we talk about putting it in the potty (since we use cloth, he actually sees it go into the toilet). The word gets used a lot around here...

[Ladybug]

Just popping in to say poopy. Poopy. Poopy. Poopy. I'm sorry. Poopy. I can't stop. Poopy. Poopy. Last one. Poopy. I swear. Poopy. Crap. I sweared. Poopy.

Rofl!

[Phoebe]

Just popping in to say poopy. Poopy. Poopy. Poopy. I'm sorry. Poopy. I can't stop. Poopy. Poopy. Last one. Poopy. I swear. Poopy. Crap. I sweared. Poopy.

Are you a fly on the wall at my house? My 8 year likes to say poopalotis. Rolling eyes.

[Ladybug]

I do think words are important. I think rather than grading a word as "bad" and "not so bad" it's more important to help them identify the feeling behind the word (frustration, anger, sadness, etc) and how to address that feeling in a healthy way.

I'm personally turned off by the casual obsceneties so that will obviously impact my parenting and tolerance levels. It's more about my preferences than being "good, bad, better.". Someday they will make their own choices, but hopefully they will respect my feelings when they are with speaking with me.

[MDPhDWife]

I have a vocabulary that would make a longshoreman blush. Our kids don't curse, nor would they be allowed to do so. They are taught that there is a difference between words kids can use and the ones available to adults. When they live on their own, they can do whatever the hell they want

This is my philosophy as well. I'm do bad that I don't even really try to hold back in front of the kids anymore. In fact there's probably very little they haven't heard me say. However, they would be in deep shit if I were to catch them talking like I do. Not sure yet if I'll become more lax about this once they're teens.

[GrayMatterWife]

Are you a fly on the wall at my house? My 8 year likes to say poopalotis. Rolling eyes.

My 3-1/2 year old says "de-poop-ified" to describe when her little sister is getting her poopy diaper changed. "Mom, Matilda is gettin' de-poop-ified!"

Dork.

[v-girl]

I love it!