«
»

Censored Words…

We have two young children in the house. And as a result, we have censored words. Words that the little ones are not allowed to use. Does everyone with kids have this? What are yours?

Ours, at the moment, are: dumb, obviously all the curse words, stupid, variants of the curse words (i.e. friggin’, darn, shoot), shut up. My wife petitioned for hate, but I think that’s a little silly. She also tried for ukulele, but I had to draw the line somewhere. A man has got to know his limits.

So, what words can your kids not use?

This entry was posted on Saturday, July 28th, 2007 at 8:29 pm and is filed under Randomness. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

8 Responses to “Censored Words…”

  1. Crystal Says:
    July 28th, 2007 at 8:47 pm

    “Ukulele”? That made me laugh.

    “Shut up” is a HUGE no-no in my household, and the swear words too. I don’t think we have anything else actually… other than “no swear words in other languages”…

  2. Patrick D. Says:
    July 28th, 2007 at 8:51 pm

    Glad I can give you a laugh.

  3. Jonk : bargain websites Says:
    July 28th, 2007 at 9:45 pm

    I’m lost
    Shoot? Darn?

  4. Jonk : bargain websites Says:
    July 28th, 2007 at 9:46 pm

    (as in, I know the words, didn’t realise Americans found them offensive)

  5. Patrick D. Says:
    July 28th, 2007 at 9:48 pm

    In your part of the world, you don’t prohibit kids from using certain words if they’re under a certain age?

  6. BeccA's Buzz Says:
    July 28th, 2007 at 10:44 pm

    Around here, the kids are not allowed to say … well anything! They are cats people, cats don’t really talk. Oh, and fishies, the fishies aren’t allowed to talk either. You can imagine how small I had to cut the DUCT tape for them.

  7. Chris Says:
    July 29th, 2007 at 7:57 am

    I agree with your wife about “hate.” I went to Catholic school, and some nun along the way told me that hate means you want someone to die and go to hell. It really seemed to resonate in my little twisted brain, and I don’t say it. Some day when we’re bored at work, I can tell you all about some of the other scare tactics they used on us. :)

    We don’t allow “shut up” either. Shea came home from school upset one day and said that someone said the “s” word…not that one….it was “shut up.” We had to have the talk that it wasn’t a cuss word, just not nice.

  8. Jonk : cheap websites for Aussies Says:
    August 5th, 2007 at 1:30 am

    Yeh most parents will; some parents will ban shut up, that sort of things.

    I just didn’t realise that the words shoot and darn belong in that category.

    My parents were the generally considered stricter than all my classmates and friends (they all got to watch the TV shows I couldn’t). They allowed words such as peed, or damn. But they drew the line at piss and bastard.