Comments on: "Butt Crack" and other things not to teach your kid to say

By: doodaddy

doodaddy — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:12:04 +0000

She pulls, I fart. You need to teach the hubby a little something about the game!

By: tanya25m

tanya25m — Thu, 29 May 2008 01:58:37 +0000

I’m going through a similar situation with my daughter… She curses freely and knows exactly when to say what.

About the pulling-the-finger trick, I didn’t understand… does she pull YOUR finger before SHE farts? My daughter tells my husband to pull HER finger before SHE farts!

By: MommyCosm

MommyCosm — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:48:22 +0000

The first complete sentence out of my sweet, little girl’s mouth…”Ernie goes down on Bert”…she was repeating Daddy. THAT didn’t make it into her baby book!

Not to stereotype roles here, but I do think it’s a dad’s right to teach some of the naughty words. Just know that they are going to come back to haunt you some day!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:12:23 +0000

It could be a whole lot worse.

Lil’ Bum has trying me lately. Sometimes when she knows I’m within ears range she plays with words. Not usually saying anything wrong but rhyming with something wrong. Not a real word just something to see my reaction. She is quite the little stinker.

Do you make a big deal out of it or let it fly?

By: doodaddy

doodaddy — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:00:44 +0000

She told me she owned a somersault today. Like, “I sooo *owned* that.”

Sigh.

By: Backpacking Dad

Backpacking Dad — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:59:26 +0000

Watch out for “assmunch”. As in “I’m going to assmunch Barbie.”

By: doodaddy

doodaddy — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:02:18 +0000

My original strategy was to replace baddish words with similar-sounding but goodish words, the way some people use “fudge.” Except I used “crepuscular” and “fluctuate.” So now Boo says fluctuate a lot.

Hm.

By: twinbabiesdad

twinbabiesdad — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:26:45 +0000

My girls (5 years old) had a similar conversation a few months back.
I think we put an end to it with a simple “Guys. . . .”

Funny mep mentiones crap as being a bad word, we are trying to break each other of saying it. It doesn’t really bother me, and given my language to this point, I’m glad it’s what we are struggling with, but I’m anticipating the hassle my mom and other older family members will give us if we don’t try and put an end to CRAP.

It’s wicked funny, though, ’cause we all say it. So we are all constantly busting each other. Or one of them says it then says “Oops, I just said crap, oops I said it again, hee hee hee.” It’s fun to type it with abandon too.
CRAP,CRAP oh, it just not the same.

-B

By: doodaddy

doodaddy — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:30:54 +0000

Man, when I was teaching teenagers, I used to say “crap” on purpose just so they knew I was one of *those* sorts of teachers. Just because it’s a bad word at their house doesn’t make it a bad word in my class. After all, “evolution” is a bad word in some houses!

By: mep

mep — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:20:44 +0000

For a while, my bub kept walking around saying, “shit, shit, shit, shit.” I’ve tried to clean up my act since then.

And on a semi-related note, I used to be a ninth grade teacher, and I used the word “crap” in class one day. After class, a girl game up to me to tell me that “crap” was considered a bad word at her house. I never would have guessed.