I try not to speak bad words infront of my kids

That is very admirable ! Please do it and keep your promise ! Kids will imitate what they will see and hear in their environment especially at home. Parents must be the best example to the kids in all aspect , that is verbally , emotionally , morally and spiritually. Kids are so fragile , what they see have great impacts to their life and they will bring that through out lifetime.

My kids are allowed to curse. Only in front of me. . Yes, I'll accept the worst parent of the year award. Thank you., Thank you very much. Funny thing is they don't.. Reverse psychology? They are also 10x more respectful to me and other adults than any other kids that I know of. I really have never understood the point in preventing them from hearing something they will be hearing at school, on the bus, in the mall, in movies etc.

I had 3 kids and never said a bad word in front of them...this I learned from my parents who never swore either. My kids are adults now and I know they cuss when their with their friends but they wouldn't dare do it in front of. Their never too old to get spanked...lol...

Well, to you, like a parent I can only advise you not to say bad words in the presence of your children. This is a fact, because, unfortunately, the children soon learn the bad words! So parents should try to educate their children not to teach these words. I tell you that I'm not married, so I'm not even a parent. I say this because my conscience tells me to say that! So I advise you to consider for the new year 2013 just to engage in your discussions with your children, using language correctly. Best wishes!

First of all, our words have some power so we better keep control of our thoughts and our words because they effect each other. I had a little accident 20 minutes ago when drinking my tea and put a cookie inside it, the cookie felt down and some of the tea came out of the glass. I said something like shift...that's a curse and I went to the kitchen to bring a spoon and some towels to take the cookie out and clean the tea. When we think about those accident that make us curse, we can plan how to react in them in the future if they happen again. If something wrong happen, I will say next time "oops". I will try it.

Thanks a ton for sharing this discussion. Well i would love u to stick to your resolution because as u have mentioned that children learn what their parents do and hence u should try to avoid using bad words in front of your children otherwise they will develop a trepidation in them to know about these words and in the course of time they will also speak those words. So i would like u to have a control over yourself especially in front of your children. What say?

Hi i appreciate your resolution for this new year and you are right that the word and behavior of parents reflects on their kids.I hope you will stand on your decision even in the time of anger also. I pray to GOD to make you success in your new years resolution. have a nice time GOD BLESS YOU .

kids easily adopts what they hear from us so as a responsible parents we should always be cautious on what we say specially when we are mad because that is the time we tend to say words that supposedly not to be heard by kids.. and when hear something that caught their attention they keep on repeating it without knowing the meaning of it and not knowing that the word they are repeating is bad..

i think its a good practice not to be the person from whom your kids learn bad words.i also try control the words i say when they are around me,how would you caution them when they pick the words from you.

Your efforts are adorable.It is possible only when we have lot of patience at the time of anger and that's the way you can lead your children to a disciplined life.Children learn a lot from the naughty things that they do and they should not be disallowed to do every situation except on occasions where we would feel going out of our hands and is harmful.Loosing patience at every instance leads to a panic and usage of abusive words and assaulting children.It is with age that children learn to grow up in discipline and our efforts matters much.

Children have a strong memory, They are very quick to follow what people do. Therefore, when there is a desire to set a good example for children, it is a very good thing. Be spirit and sure would succeed.

Well,that's true,parents have a civilizing influence on the children,there is a saying that the children are what mothers are,if you encounter something which makes you angry,you should also try to control your emotion,we need to be the best teacher of our kids and also,excepting saying the bad world in front of our kids,it is not suitable for the children to see that we quarrel with others,we need to avoid it.

Well,this is true that kids always follow the footsteps of their parents.They are in a phase of quick learning.So there will be a direct effect on your kid if you use certain word infront of him.There are a lot of words l personally never use infront of my kid like stupid,idiots etc. Every parent has different idea of what is ok though.I don't judge others for what they do and think is ok in their own household regarding this matter.

I agree. Children learn what ever their parents teach them and what ever they speak. Using abusive language in front of children will affect you later when your child grows up and speaks the same words in front of you. We sholud also be careful of who the child is making friends because they can learn bad words from them as well.

Well, just make good words instead of bad words. Your kids sometimes will remember your saying bad words, right? Just keep in cool and calm down.

Yeah I agree with you children pick up things quickly. I'm glad to hear that your new resolution is to stop saying those bad words. It is always good for us to work on improving ourselves and being a better example for our child/ren.

What really upsets me is when a young child says a bad word (without really knowing what he/she is saying) and everyone laughs at him/her. They think it is cute. A bad word is not cute, even and perhaps, especially uttered from a young child. We do need to explain to children that some words are not acceptable. They can know the difference.