Do you allow cursing??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
My little ones curse appropriately, not at each other. Don't allow the word bitch, but everything else is fair play.

I caught DS saying "shit shit shit" while putting together a lego man. It tickled me.

They can't curse outside of the house though and never at school. Also, the words aren't directed at people. Not cool. Well, except their absentee dad, whom they refer to as an asshole. Fine by me. I call him a piece of shit, so to each their own.

Flame away, y'all.

No flaming from me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 15 year old swears at home. An F bomb gets him "the look" and he apologizes.

"What the hell?" or "Damn it" aren't something I'm going to worry about. He doesn't do it in front of his Grandmother. We learned with our first that there can be much bigger fish to fry, and chose a different route with this one. This is also the worst he does.. that and procrastinate on chores.

Same in our house. I curse like a sailor, used to avoid it front of the kids, now I don't bother. They've heard much worse at school. They know when it is appropriate and when it is not.

[Anonymous]

My 15 year old nervously asked me if she was allowed to curse. I told her it was fine with me as long as she knew when it was appropriate. Then I said "have the sense not to say c*nt in front of your grandmother."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
My little ones curse appropriately, not at each other. Don't allow the word bitch, but everything else is fair play.

I caught DS saying "shit shit shit" while putting together a lego man. It tickled me.

They can't curse outside of the house though and never at school. Also, the words aren't directed at people. Not cool. Well, except their absentee dad, whom they refer to as an asshole. Fine by me. I call him a piece of shit, so to each their own.

Flame away, y'all.

How old are they? When you say "little ones," it sounds very young. And they're able to switch it on and off at home and elsewhere? There's a boy in my 2nd grader's class who was always telling everyone to "eff off" and it became a real problem.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My 15 year old swears at home. An F bomb gets him "the look" and he apologizes.

"What the hell?" or "Damn it" aren't something I'm going to worry about. He doesn't do it in front of his Grandmother. We learned with our first that there can be much bigger fish to fry, and chose a different route with this one. This is also the worst he does.. that and procrastinate on chores.

Same in our house. I curse like a sailor, used to avoid it front of the kids, now I don't bother. They've heard much worse at school. They know when it is appropriate and when it is not.

I'm the quoted PPl

My nephew completely blew it in front of his grandma one day. A bunch of us were sitting around talking, and all of a sudden he dropped and F bomb. He's an adult, but that is NOT a word to be used around Grandma.

Everything stopped. We all just sat there and stared at him. He had no clue what he said. Finally someone said "just apologize." Nephew still had no idea what he had said and was completely embarrassed when someone told him. "I can't believe I said that in front of my grandmother..."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 15 year old swears at home. An F bomb gets him "the look" and he apologizes.

"What the hell?" or "Damn it" aren't something I'm going to worry about. He doesn't do it in front of his Grandmother. We learned with our first that there can be much bigger fish to fry, and chose a different route with this one. This is also the worst he does.. that and procrastinate on chores.

Same in our house. I curse like a sailor, used to avoid it front of the kids, now I don't bother. They've heard much worse at school. They know when it is appropriate and when it is not.

I'm the quoted PPl

My nephew completely blew it in front of his grandma one day. A bunch of us were sitting around talking, and all of a sudden he dropped and F bomb. He's an adult, but that is NOT a word to be used around Grandma.

Everything stopped. We all just sat there and stared at him. He had no clue what he said. Finally someone said "just apologize." Nephew still had no idea what he had said and was completely embarrassed when someone told him. "I can't believe I said that in front of my grandmother..."

I was once charged with scooping ice cream for everyone when the grandparents are over. It was super frozen. I used all my arm strength and the spoon scooped and the ice cream flipped over and went plop on the floor. I said F*CK!" Right in front of my grandparents. Both my parents yelled "Pick it up!" - they were more upset about ice cream on the floor than the cursing. I mumbled sorry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
My little ones curse appropriately, not at each other. Don't allow the word bitch, but everything else is fair play.

I caught DS saying "shit shit shit" while putting together a lego man. It tickled me.

They can't curse outside of the house though and never at school. Also, the words aren't directed at people. Not cool. Well, except their absentee dad, whom they refer to as an asshole. Fine by me. I call him a piece of shit, so to each their own.

Flame away, y'all.

How old are they? When you say "little ones," it sounds very young. And they're able to switch it on and off at home and elsewhere? There's a boy in my 2nd grader's class who was always telling everyone to "eff off" and it became a real problem.

This. It's not so cute and funny when you're the classroom teacher and get to deal with this.

[Anonymous]

Nope. Not in our home. DH and I don't curse. We don't police what our kids do when out with friends, but we are a minority we are judged harshly just for the color of our skin. I made it a point that my kids would not be judged or poor manners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
My little ones curse appropriately, not at each other. Don't allow the word bitch, but everything else is fair play.

I caught DS saying "shit shit shit" while putting together a lego man. It tickled me.

They can't curse outside of the house though and never at school. Also, the words aren't directed at people. Not cool. Well, except their absentee dad, whom they refer to as an asshole. Fine by me. I call him a piece of shit, so to each their own.

Flame away, y'all.

How old are they? When you say "little ones," it sounds very young. And they're able to switch it on and off at home and elsewhere? There's a boy in my 2nd grader's class who was always telling everyone to "eff off" and it became a real problem.

No, they never curse outside of our home. Not even when we're out together in a private setting. Not once.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
My little ones curse appropriately, not at each other. Don't allow the word bitch, but everything else is fair play.

I caught DS saying "shit shit shit" while putting together a lego man. It tickled me.

They can't curse outside of the house though and never at school. Also, the words aren't directed at people. Not cool. Well, except their absentee dad, whom they refer to as an asshole. Fine by me. I call him a piece of shit, so to each their own.

Flame away, y'all.

How old are they? When you say "little ones," it sounds very young. And they're able to switch it on and off at home and elsewhere? There's a boy in my 2nd grader's class who was always telling everyone to "eff off" and it became a real problem.

No, they never curse outside of our home. Not even when we're out together in a private setting. Not once.

How old are they?

[Anonymous]

We don't curse, we don't allow cursing in our home, and we object to it when it is done in our presence.

Our two older boys play their sports for their universities and when they were in high school before classmates came over our boys would warn them that we were a no curse zone. We never had any visitor object or slip up.

Having to curse shows the limits of one's vocabulary. All five of our children know that not using a curse word and using some sort of alternate expression can be much more effective than dropping a bunch of F bombs and the like. Think Julia Sugarbaker.

[Anonymous]

zero cursing allowed in my house except for situations in a sporting event when you are on the field....which my dad punished me for, but i let it slide.

so when i hear my kid from the sidelines use "fuck, shit, etc" in the heat of a soccer match i let it go.

but they know when they leave the pitch, it turns off - and they do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don't curse, we don't allow cursing in our home, and we object to it when it is done in our presence.

Our two older boys play their sports for their universities and when they were in high school before classmates came over our boys would warn them that we were a no curse zone. We never had any visitor object or slip up.

Having to curse shows the limits of one's vocabulary. All five of our children know that not using a curse word and using some sort of alternate expression can be much more effective than dropping a bunch of F bombs and the like. Think Julia Sugarbaker.

What was your rule for your boys on the court though?

a family friend has the same rule, but when their boy is in the 'bball zone' (he's black), he lets N-bombs fly like a rapper. "Can't stop me niggas! I'm comin" or telling a white-teammate "lock that nigga down" - referring to an opposing player.

[Anonymous]

Nope. No damn or hell or "what the eff?"

We don't curse in front of the kids.

Mom of a 15 and 11 year old.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don't curse, we don't allow cursing in our home, and we object to it when it is done in our presence.

Our two older boys play their sports for their universities and when they were in high school before classmates came over our boys would warn them that we were a no curse zone. We never had any visitor object or slip up.

Having to curse shows the limits of one's vocabulary. All five of our children know that not using a curse word and using some sort of alternate expression can be much more effective than dropping a bunch of F bombs and the like. Think Julia Sugarbaker.

What was your rule for your boys on the court though?

a family friend has the same rule, but when their boy is in the 'bball zone' (he's black), he lets N-bombs fly like a rapper. "Can't stop me niggas! I'm comin" or telling a white-teammate "lock that nigga down" - referring to an opposing player.

Our boys are AA. I can assure you that our boys have NEVER EVER used the N word or any curse words on or off court. It just is not acceptable to us and it is not part of our family's value system. And, yes, we've been at almost every game they've ever played so I can assure you that we would know if they were cursing or taunting on the the court/field.