There is an expression that the truth is in the mouth of a child. And if this truth is expressed in obscene words? Some people tend to consider this a parenting fail, while some believe that there is nothing wrong with swearing, in principle.
In any case, swearing is an integral part of our lives, so in any case, children will hear these words somewhere - from parents, neighbors or from older children on a walk. Be that as it may, when small kids utter curse words, it looks rude, but on the contrary, kind of cute.
Recently, Ruth Brooker, a British blogger and a mother of two small boys, shared on Twitter what she called her "parenting fail" as her four-year-old child sympathized with the tired mother in an obscene form. True, it even sounded funny - so the tweet turned out to be very popular. As of today, it has almost 8.5K retweets and over 135K likes. And of course it inspires people to share their own similar stories.
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Most people, as we can see by their tweets, had problems with children saying F-words, but sh- and similar 4-letter words and expressions based on them also turned out to be extremely "popular".
Also, a common problem was the use of obscene words by toddlers in public, when they, unwittingly, absolutely embarrassed not only their parents, but also random people surrounding them.
Surprise!!! A swearing two-year-old. Just what you want when pulled over by the cops!
According to Australian Parenting Community RaisingChildren.met.au, young children, namely toddlers, and preschoolers might swear for several reasons: to get attention, express frustration, try out words, or just copy other people.
If a child swears just to get the attention of their parents, then experts suggest simply ignoring them - then the child will understand that this way they will not get attention at all and, most likely, will stop using swear words. For some time...
If the child swears to express anger or frustration, then it is better to talk to them, explaining that there are other, more convenient ways to express your strong emotions. For example, counting to ten, holding your breath, or just talking about your feelings. Using normal words, of course.
A situation may arise when a child pronounces an obscene word simply because they are just trying a new word, they can even repeat it in a singsong voice. The authors of Today's Parent suggest that in this case, you can gently interrupt the child, but without focusing on what exactly they are saying.
It is best, according to the authors, to emphasize that the child should say polite words: "thank you", "please" and so on, in order to oust any mention of obscene expressions from the child's memory.
If you thought that all the options for funny children's blurted out words have been run out, you are definitely mistaken. Feel free to scroll to the end as there's more to come!
My mom taught my kids to say "Up Yours!" with a rude gesture. Not the bird but close.
I was containing my laughter just fine until I got to "vicar's wife" and then it was all over xDDD
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If you’ve enjoyed this list, you might also like another list we recently covered about the times kids have humbled their parents, or this other article about kids test answers that were both right and wrong.
But we’d also love to hear your thoughts and stories about kids swearing in the comment section below!
When BP—which habitually censors even the mildest of epithets—posts an article specifically about profanity, the level of ridiculousness approaches the surreal.
It's a thread about swearing but everything is censored
Right? It's pretty bad when you can't even tell half the time what they're supposed to be saying. What's the point of censoring it out if we all just have to guess what it is in the comments?
Load More Replies...Not fair to punish kids for using words they hear at home, that's literally expecting more self-control from a child than you have yourself.
Hmm...so the UK equivalent of "cutting someone off" is to "cut someone up"? Sounds a bit gruesome lol
And nobody has brakes in their cars, they only have breaks.
Load More Replies...I have a good one! I work at preschool, so I have had my fair share of "try not to laugh" situations. This one happened at my home, though, when my husband had a friend coming over with his 3 yesr old daughter. We have no children of our own, so we don't have much toys, but I presented my favorite stuffed animal, an rainbow alpaca, to her with pride in my eyes. "Sheet sheep" she said. "Sheet? Do you mean sweet?" I asked. "SHEET SHEEP", she said again. "I don't understand what you mean honey, do you mean sweet?" I tried again. "SHEET SHEET SHEET", she insisted, but I didn't still understand. Finally she turned me with frustration and said: "That is a f*cking dumb sheep." I died.
My son used the term fuckmouth when he was 6 towards a bully at school. Have no idea where he came up with it. Told my brother ( who was on parole at the time) about it and he said he had never heard that before... not even in prison. I'm still kind of proud of my son for that one. If you are going to cuss, make it a good one.
One time, an Amber Alert (for those of you not in the US, idk if they call it that or something else, but it's an emergency alert, we usually get them as tests or we get a local one for kidnapping) came on my TV during dinner and my little brother (3 at the time) says "The amber alert scared the s**t out of me!!" My dad was too busy dying laughing to tell him not to say that
A couple from my son. Got stuck behind someone blocking the road. Flashed and hooted them. Nothing. Eventually they moved, I mumble something under my breath and what I thought was inaudible but no my son heard me and said” Daddy, it’s no good to say f*****g f**k.” Another time was when he was still in nappies, about 2 and a half. I am changing his nappy as he poo’d. as I remove the nappy he exclaims “Oooh that’s a f*****g big poo!” We were careful with our language around him so we thing he just heard it out an about
When my daughter was about 5, she was 'reading' The Monster at the End of this Book to her little brother. It must've gotten to a dramatic part because she loudly exclaimed, "And then Grover said 'What the f*čk?!'" It was absolutely hilarious.
A dog barked at my five year old the other day, she said "that shitty we dog just barked at me". Not even mad, I mean she wasn't wrong
BS. BS. BS. STOP posting your cute little, blatantly, obviously fake stories.
I'm driving the family minivan out of some grassy parking area ~30 years ago with my 2- and 3-year-old boys strapped into their car seats in the back. I completely miss the driveway and drive off a high curb at about 10mph. BAM...BAM... and from the back, in perfect rhythm, my 3-year-old shouts OH...S**T...!
Bored Panda censoring f*****g swear words is f*****g ridiculous. Stop censoring swear words bored panda you fuckfaces
My oldest came home one day and said "you're probably going to get a visit from D's mom". I asked why. He said "because A (my youngest) called him a little b*tch". A gets home 5 minutes later. I ask "A, did you call D a little b*tch?" A says "yes mommy". I asked why and he looks me in the eye and says "because he is a little b*tch." It took everything I had not to laugh. He was about 6 or 7 at the time. At 15 he still speaks his mind.
When my boys were growing up we had car potty mouth time it was absolutely hilarious what they would say and the context was off kilter but it kept the fugest and fighting to a minimum and they knew it was the only time they could use those words
Son was 2 or so. Stopped to eat after picking me up from a trip. Everything is fine until he stands up in his seat and yells "God dammit! I was going to eat that "! He had dropped some fries on the floor. I was mortified, but the elderly couple next to us just laughed and said "If that's the worst thing he ever says, you'll be lucky!" Hubby got an earful later
I'm not sure if I should feel sorry for the readers for not knowing the censored words or ashamed of myself for knowing all of them.
Stop censoring the bloody swearing. You have posted a series of tweets about kids using words like f**k, s**t etc. yet you blank them out. Quite frankly if anyone was offended, they are going to be
One of my god-kids went through a phase of mispronouncing the word "truck" as "f*ck." Needless to say, there were a lot of truck related presents given that year. We told her the story when she was 14-15ish and she was mortified so she's been getting truck related Christmas tree decorations every year since (she's 22 now.) TBH it will probably never stop being funny. Lol.
it's easy to get round bp's lame censorship, just edit your post. watch: f**k.
Nope, it doesn't work that way; I tried many times. Fuckthatshit.
Load More Replies...Mine said, one time when I made a sharp left, Je-sus Christ. That was close! I stopped using the Lord's name in vain around her. Also, I'm very Catholic.
yes, because if you invoke "his name" without good reason it's as annoying for "him" as a pocket dial is for a normal human.
Load More Replies...Ha, ha. Toddlers using disgusting language. How could this happen? Not from Sesame Street....not from Mr. Rodgers...not from school. Oh from parents! What a sweet legacy for your children..to make others shudder from your lack of boundaries, culture, and ethics.
I am downvoting this entire thread. If you don't want to be shamed by your kids' swearing, then don't swear in front of them. They will get enough from school, but they can then be taught that if M & D don't swear, then neither should they. That way they understand sometimes it is not appropriate. There is nothing cute or funny about toddlers swearing.
How stupid is to put a collection of kids swearing and blur all the swear words?
I'm going to have to downvote this for the ridiculous Victorian censorship. **** you.
not everyone knows british slang like "k**b."
Load More Replies...When BP—which habitually censors even the mildest of epithets—posts an article specifically about profanity, the level of ridiculousness approaches the surreal.
It's a thread about swearing but everything is censored
Right? It's pretty bad when you can't even tell half the time what they're supposed to be saying. What's the point of censoring it out if we all just have to guess what it is in the comments?
Load More Replies...Not fair to punish kids for using words they hear at home, that's literally expecting more self-control from a child than you have yourself.
Hmm...so the UK equivalent of "cutting someone off" is to "cut someone up"? Sounds a bit gruesome lol
And nobody has brakes in their cars, they only have breaks.
Load More Replies...I have a good one! I work at preschool, so I have had my fair share of "try not to laugh" situations. This one happened at my home, though, when my husband had a friend coming over with his 3 yesr old daughter. We have no children of our own, so we don't have much toys, but I presented my favorite stuffed animal, an rainbow alpaca, to her with pride in my eyes. "Sheet sheep" she said. "Sheet? Do you mean sweet?" I asked. "SHEET SHEEP", she said again. "I don't understand what you mean honey, do you mean sweet?" I tried again. "SHEET SHEET SHEET", she insisted, but I didn't still understand. Finally she turned me with frustration and said: "That is a f*cking dumb sheep." I died.
My son used the term fuckmouth when he was 6 towards a bully at school. Have no idea where he came up with it. Told my brother ( who was on parole at the time) about it and he said he had never heard that before... not even in prison. I'm still kind of proud of my son for that one. If you are going to cuss, make it a good one.
One time, an Amber Alert (for those of you not in the US, idk if they call it that or something else, but it's an emergency alert, we usually get them as tests or we get a local one for kidnapping) came on my TV during dinner and my little brother (3 at the time) says "The amber alert scared the s**t out of me!!" My dad was too busy dying laughing to tell him not to say that
A couple from my son. Got stuck behind someone blocking the road. Flashed and hooted them. Nothing. Eventually they moved, I mumble something under my breath and what I thought was inaudible but no my son heard me and said” Daddy, it’s no good to say f*****g f**k.” Another time was when he was still in nappies, about 2 and a half. I am changing his nappy as he poo’d. as I remove the nappy he exclaims “Oooh that’s a f*****g big poo!” We were careful with our language around him so we thing he just heard it out an about
When my daughter was about 5, she was 'reading' The Monster at the End of this Book to her little brother. It must've gotten to a dramatic part because she loudly exclaimed, "And then Grover said 'What the f*čk?!'" It was absolutely hilarious.
A dog barked at my five year old the other day, she said "that shitty we dog just barked at me". Not even mad, I mean she wasn't wrong
BS. BS. BS. STOP posting your cute little, blatantly, obviously fake stories.
I'm driving the family minivan out of some grassy parking area ~30 years ago with my 2- and 3-year-old boys strapped into their car seats in the back. I completely miss the driveway and drive off a high curb at about 10mph. BAM...BAM... and from the back, in perfect rhythm, my 3-year-old shouts OH...S**T...!
Bored Panda censoring f*****g swear words is f*****g ridiculous. Stop censoring swear words bored panda you fuckfaces
My oldest came home one day and said "you're probably going to get a visit from D's mom". I asked why. He said "because A (my youngest) called him a little b*tch". A gets home 5 minutes later. I ask "A, did you call D a little b*tch?" A says "yes mommy". I asked why and he looks me in the eye and says "because he is a little b*tch." It took everything I had not to laugh. He was about 6 or 7 at the time. At 15 he still speaks his mind.
When my boys were growing up we had car potty mouth time it was absolutely hilarious what they would say and the context was off kilter but it kept the fugest and fighting to a minimum and they knew it was the only time they could use those words
Son was 2 or so. Stopped to eat after picking me up from a trip. Everything is fine until he stands up in his seat and yells "God dammit! I was going to eat that "! He had dropped some fries on the floor. I was mortified, but the elderly couple next to us just laughed and said "If that's the worst thing he ever says, you'll be lucky!" Hubby got an earful later
I'm not sure if I should feel sorry for the readers for not knowing the censored words or ashamed of myself for knowing all of them.
Stop censoring the bloody swearing. You have posted a series of tweets about kids using words like f**k, s**t etc. yet you blank them out. Quite frankly if anyone was offended, they are going to be
One of my god-kids went through a phase of mispronouncing the word "truck" as "f*ck." Needless to say, there were a lot of truck related presents given that year. We told her the story when she was 14-15ish and she was mortified so she's been getting truck related Christmas tree decorations every year since (she's 22 now.) TBH it will probably never stop being funny. Lol.
it's easy to get round bp's lame censorship, just edit your post. watch: f**k.
Nope, it doesn't work that way; I tried many times. Fuckthatshit.
Load More Replies...Mine said, one time when I made a sharp left, Je-sus Christ. That was close! I stopped using the Lord's name in vain around her. Also, I'm very Catholic.
yes, because if you invoke "his name" without good reason it's as annoying for "him" as a pocket dial is for a normal human.
Load More Replies...Ha, ha. Toddlers using disgusting language. How could this happen? Not from Sesame Street....not from Mr. Rodgers...not from school. Oh from parents! What a sweet legacy for your children..to make others shudder from your lack of boundaries, culture, and ethics.
I am downvoting this entire thread. If you don't want to be shamed by your kids' swearing, then don't swear in front of them. They will get enough from school, but they can then be taught that if M & D don't swear, then neither should they. That way they understand sometimes it is not appropriate. There is nothing cute or funny about toddlers swearing.
How stupid is to put a collection of kids swearing and blur all the swear words?
I'm going to have to downvote this for the ridiculous Victorian censorship. **** you.
not everyone knows british slang like "k**b."
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