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[quote=Anonymous]I'm pregnant with my first child and I've been giving a lot of thought to what kind of parent I'll be. (I'm aware that a lot of my plans might go out the window once there's an actual baby in my house, but planning in my head is pretty much unavoidable.) When I was growing up, my mom forbade a lot of language that other people thought of as perfectly acceptable. My sisters and I weren't allowed to say the following: butt, fart, booger, poot, ninnie (the neighbor girls called breasts ninnnies and my mom about had a fit when she heard that word come out of our mouths) snot, stinky, shut up, and stupid. (These are the ones I can think of. I think there were more.) My mom hated "butt" and "fart" the most. We had to say "rear end" or "pass gas," though she'd prefer we didn't discuss this stuff at all. Of course we weren't allowed to cuss, and my parents didn't cuss in front of us, but to be honest, I think my mom thought "fart" was infinitely more vulgar than "f@$k." It was kind of hilarious because my dad was/is a giant hippie and grew up poor on a farm in the deep south, and he didn't give a rip about saying "fart" or about correct table manners (something else my mom was obsessed with), et cetera.

Thought I think it's kind of silly, I seem to have inherited my mom's dislike of butt, fart, etc. I just don't think they're polite, and while I do use these words in certain contexts, I wouldn't in most circumstances and I would be embarrassed if my child did. Kids don't tend to understand the subtleties of code switching like adults do, so I'd rather just forbid the words outright.

Anyway, I'm curious about whether people agree with me on "butt" and the like. And I'm curious which words you forbid your kids to use, if any? I'm most interested in hearing about words that aren't blatantly taboo. I assume most people don't want their kids dropping cuss words.[/quote]

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