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Actress Tori Spelling, who is expecting her second child in June, believes that swearing in front of children is fine as long as it is done correctly. Apparently, it's all about the tone of your voice. Angry and loud F-bombs are bad, sweet little baby-talk F bombs are okay.
"I'm kind of a little girl potty mouth because I say it with such vulnerability. I don't have to censor myself in front of my son, it's not that bad."
I am not following Tori's logic here. I think the main reason most parents don't swear in front of their children is because they don't want them learning and repeating those words. If you say an offensive word in a cute way, isn't the child more likely to repeat it? Or maybe Tori's one of those parents who think cursing kids are cute?
"I'm kind of a little girl potty mouth because I say it with such vulnerability. I don't have to censor myself in front of my son, it's not that bad."
I am not following Tori's logic here. I think the main reason most parents don't swear in front of their children is because they don't want them learning and repeating those words. If you say an offensive word in a cute way, isn't the child more likely to repeat it? Or maybe Tori's one of those parents who think cursing kids are cute?
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4-20-2008 @ 9:31PM
Rachel said...I think saying it as you would any other word wouldn't make it less likely that they'll say it, but perhaps less likely that they'll repeat it, EXCESSIVELY, until you want to scream.
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4-20-2008 @ 7:42PM
meredith said...I am guilty of doing this in front of both of my children. I have a 5 year old that has only used a swear word once, and that was at age 2 when her father yelled it in anger when putting together a toy. We ignored it and it was never said again.
I also have a potty mouth and while there are some thing I would not say in front of my child, there are others that are just part of our every day language that my husband and I don't censor. But unlike Spelling, I do not 'baby talk' them, I just don't call attention to the word when it is used.
You see, I can say "shit" without nitice. But if I say "poop", I am immediately pointed to and yelled at for saying a 'bad word'. I refuse to say some other ridiculous made up word to avoid saying the ones that she doesn't even know about yet.
Because we don't whisper swear words or make a big deal of them, they are not interesting to my child. If the day comes that she starts using them, we will change our language.
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4-21-2008 @ 9:20AM
Ethel said...Aw, hearing that baby lisp of "F***ing stuff!" is so darling, I couldn't wait for his grandparents to hear it!
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4-21-2008 @ 10:15AM
John Mincey said...let me get this straight....cussing is cool...hmmmm....no, actually foul language is for people who can not express themselves intelligently....usually very angry people....tori falls in this arena..a bimbo who has to steal anothers husband oh by the way leaving her husband as well, gets knocked up twice by this adulter and says the f word in baby talk to her very inquisitive child....can we say duh on this one...come on...cuss when you get hurt, cuss when you get really really angry but to cuss all day long in every sentence just is so beneath us as moms and dads...tori, grow up and be a respectable responsible mom
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