Comments on: Potty mouth training: help needed

By: cool dad

cool dad — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:47:00 +0000

sarah – wow, they learn quickly, don’t they!

sam – football season will be fun around here

tam – Shoot-darn is nice. kill two birds with one stone.

By: Tam

Tam — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:11:00 +0000

Hillary!!??!!!

Shoot-Darn is a family favorite here. It’s still a clear euphemism huh? Aahh fudge.

By: portorikan

portorikan — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:30:00 +0000

apology begrudgingly accepted.

GO NOLES!!!!!

By: sarah

sarah — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:50:00 +0000

Last month i let a big one slip and my two and half yr old decided to repeat it….of course. just looking at her sweet little mouth saying something so horrid really has helped me shape up…well at least i’m tryiing really hard. on the happy side, she picked up a little noah toy and said…Jesus! i told my hubby i didn’t know where she learned that…haha

By: cool dad

cool dad — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:02:00 +0000

reese – nice substitute! btw, i used to love Beavis & Boo-boo Head. that show was stupidly genius somehow.

rachel – i could see how Grandpa might get annoyed by being called out for something he’s said for so long

matt – amazingly enough, we have our most subscribers yet after that post. maybe we picked up people doing searches for “hillary” and other moderately-offensive words.

By: Justmatt

Justmatt — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:16:00 +0000

Oh I noticed Rachel – I was just taught not to say such things…

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:05:00 +0000

I love how you slipped “Hillary” in there and nobody has seemed to notice just yet.

I’m not a parent, but I have had moments where I realize how closely my nieces and nephew mimic me. It’s sobering, for sure! I only very occasionally cuss (shock and awe, I know), but never around the kiddos.

I do remember my grandpa and my dad letting some things slip when we were younger. Apparently my brothers called my grandpa out for it once, yelling “Oooooh! Swear woo! Swear woo!” at the top the of their lungs. Don’t ask me why it was “woo” instead of “word,” but Grandpa didn’t find the whole ordeal very amusing… =)

By: Reese

Reese — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:29:00 +0000

When my cousin’s kids learned “butthead,” he quickly taught them to say “boo-boo head” instead, now my mom and I use it all the time.

By: cool dad

cool dad — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:25:00 +0000

lindsey – yes, we can call them the Tigs so they fall under the 4-letter variety!

matt – just don’t want to start a flame war. not until football season at least!

joy s – Vocabulary sponge: great name for a band! thanks for sharing your experience. you probably have the coolest 2-year-old around.

By: joy s

joy s — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:24:00 +0000

I am HORRIBLE about this. And I hear "Dad, you can's say ______________." (Options include stupid, hate, gosh, and all of you list.)

Every time my 4-year-old tells me this, I cringe knowing he is a vocabulary sponge.

The best reminder I have is when I get hit in the arm by my wife when I say something I shouldn't.

Right now my 2-year old runs around saying, "Oh SNAP!" so... i guess that's better...