Swear Jar

I think it's a good idea, but it needs to not be a game. Like don't laugh or make a joke out of each time you say these "naughty" words. It needs to be something he learns from as well. This way he doesn't get older and start saying them too just to get a laugh out of you guys and money dropped in a jar.
 
We don't swear much at all and almost never in front of the kids.

I don't have any problems with swear words, not at all..
But the reason I don't want my kids swearing has more to do with respect than the word itself. There is nothing wrong with raising your kids to be respectful by not shouting, screaming at others, swearing or being generally disrespectful. :dunno
 
When I was working as a nanny I never swore and it carried through into my personal time as well. At the moment I seem to be swearing a lot though.
In fact on the weekend my boyfriend got mad with me for swearing in public in Italian at someone (but not so they could hear). He was mad because that is all I know so if someone understands and turns around and has a go at me he's going to have to jump in because I'll have no idea what is going on haha. Kinda understandable, but to me they are just fun foreign words :p
 
I won't mind too much when he's much older, like in high school. But I wouldn't wanting him spouting them off in school around other kids. Then they'll go home, call mom a bitch and then say "Dean taught me that word", and I'll have problems with other parents lol.
 
AnitaBeer said:
I think it's a good idea, but it needs to not be a game. Like don't laugh or make a joke out of each time you say these "naughty" words. It needs to be something he learns from as well. This way he doesn't get older and start saying them too just to get a laugh out of you guys and money dropped in a jar.
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That's very important. Some parents don't seem to understand that kids pick up EVERYTHING. Even when they laugh about something. The money on the other hand, I think it'll teach him that unless he wants extra chores to pay off the swear jar, he'll keep his mouth clean.
 
JoeCool10 said:
I won't mind too much when he's much older, like in high school. But I wouldn't wanting him spouting them off in school around other kids. Then they'll go home, call mom a bitch and then say "Dean taught me that word", and I'll have problems with other parents lol.
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My son is 4 and he has had the problem in preschool with him saying Bitch. That is one word I dont really use. I know where it came from, glad to say not from me or his mom. But his older brother needs a beat down for it.
 
Liam is in the parrot phase... I say something Liam says it pretty much verbatim.. so..... if I curse he curses... so I am trying my hardest to curb my swearing while he is in ear shot.... It's not working out so well... especially while driving...

I have started to come up with inventive replacements for my common expilict phrases... My mom is finding it highly funny... She goes where the fuck did you come up with that one......
 
Keight said:
The boys have been told that its ok for it to slip out when around the men, or their mates but never ever ever in front of a woman. lol its old school that way but i like it, despite the fact that i swear
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That's being polite though. Around the boys, it's natural for all of them to be a bunch of foul mouthed sailors. I like that you teach them not to swear in front of women. In my honest opinion, I don't like when a man is overly explicit around me.

jassilem said:
Liam is in the parrot phase... I say something Liam says it pretty much verbatim.. so..... if I curse he curses... so I am trying my hardest to curb my swearing while he is in ear shot.... It's not working out so well... especially while driving...

I have started to come up with inventive replacements for my common expilict phrases... My mom is finding it highly funny... She goes where the fuck did you come up with that one......
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LOL That's funny, what your mom said :24: And I agree with you, driving is my number one area of using my potty mouth.
 
JoeCool10 said:
LOL That's funny, what your mom said :24: And I agree with you, driving is my number one area of using my potty mouth.
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Hehe I know eh... When growing up I had never heard her swear... and it's only the last few years I have heard her utter a swear...

I am really protective of Liam in the car.. when someone does something stupid around me I get very mouthy.... people tailgating and cutting me off drive me insane... and I yell at them through my windshield... also I am good at sign language while on the road...
 
jassilem said:
Hehe I know eh... When growing up I had never heard her swear... and it's only the last few years I have heard her utter a swear...

I am really protective of Liam in the car.. when someone does something stupid around me I get very mouthy.... people tailgating and cutting me off drive me insane... and I yell at them through my windshield... also I am good at sign language while on the road...
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:24: I'm right there with ya girl!
 
My parents were good about not swearing, even when driving. My dad's favorites were duck butt and jack donkey. And they used to make a flying hand signal at each other, which apparently meant they were flipping the bird.

I still call people duck butts when I drive.
 
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