Do You Ever Slip? - New York,NY

Ah geez, I don't consider it a slip. Sometimes the situation calls for a good "sh!t" or "damn".
L.

Yes, because mommy makes mistakes too! And i believe that's a good lesson to teach. I guess I'm modeling "real" behavior.

I curse in front of my kids. Usually in the car when someone cuts me off ;). They usually say "Mom, that is a bad word", and I say "I know, I will work on that". lol

I had to seriously think for a moment. Nope. When I swear, it's always on purpose.

I do and so does my husband. Does it make us bad parents? Absolutely not. No one is perfect, even those that claim they never slip do other things that I wouldn't do...so it all evens out in the end I think. Is one evil worse than the other? Probably not. My kids don't repeat (most of the time) so it's okay...and my husband and I correct each other. However, I learned to drive in Boston, where you almost have to curse to drive...luckily I have curbed that habit, but if I really get beyond frustrated, it comes out sometimes. Not because I am not intelligent, but because I am so flustered in the moment that it just happens. And yea, it does just happen.

Theresa Trash Mouth they call me.

Actually, my daughter says, Mom....Dirt!

:(

I curse like a sailor, but curb it around the kiddos. Sometimes, something awful slips out in front of them. It's only a big deal if you make it a big deal. I always simply apologize and remind them that it's a grown up word only.

No. Never did.

Not that I haven't slipped, but never in front of my wife or any of my kids.

My 7th grade teacher taught us, "Profanity is the sign of a person with a limited vocabulary out of control". I never forgot it.

Good luck to you and yours.

Oh, hell yeah! lol I just look at them and say "oops....you don't say that word - it's a grown-up word" and quickly change the subject.

My girls are 8 months, 3 and almost 5 - and I probably slip at least once a week :o)

Yes!! I can really sound like a truck driver.

Because of my mouth, both of my kids have said said words. I just tell them those words aren't for kids to use, only grown-ups use them when they are upset. I have heard my daughter repeat this to her little brother when he hollered, "Damn it!!" @ a toy that wasn't working.

My foul mouth is not something I am proud of, but I guess I could be acting on my frustrations and striking someone or something.

I have a potty mouth, and I try to watch it in front of the little ones.
Clearly, I don't do a good job.

I guess that's why my 3yr old knows how to properly use an F-bomb in a sentence!

Sure. I've slipped.
I happens to me.
Then my kids tell me "Mommy, you said a bad word...." and I say "yes I did. Sorry. Mommy made a mistake."

No biggie.

We can't always be perfect, $hit! On a serious note, when I get mad...the foul language starts flying, BUT never directed at the kids, mostly when driving. My sister constantly cusses at her kids and they have turned out just fine! They're good kids.

me not so much my husband ALL DAY! my daughter and i were out shopping and she announces "mom i want some f&*$%^g chicken nuggets".... she was 3... lets just say daddy got a call promptly

Occasionally. And my oldest son will say "Mom, you owe me a quarter"!!

I don't usually slip in front of my son, but I do often times spell curse words to my hubby when I am ticked off. This worked fine until recently when my son began to ask what I was spelling...darn him and his smart brain!

ALL THE TIME

I have always had a sailors mouth. I pretty much could use the F bomb in every sentence as a teen.

I have gotten SO much better since having kids.

I still find my self slapping my forehead for it while Driving, Cleaning, cooking or doing anything that involved multiple things at once.

My oldest has been exercising this vocabulary this summer...and I have had to try even harder to bite my tongue.

I figure if this is the only thing I get majorly wrong as a parent...I am not doing to bad. There is SO much more I could screw up on:)

If I do use a bad word loudly in front of them I will apologize. I will let them know that it was naughty of me to use in front of them.

All the time! However, my choice words are not usually the ones they repeat...

I don't say Jacka$$...but my husband does. While I was driving the other day...our three year from the back seat saw the light turn green and noone was going....and I hear "Come on you Jacka$$"...

We discussed that, this is one of the words that adults use and children are not to use. He said "OH, OK mom".

It happens to me all the time, i apologize and i think im going to make a swear jar where ill have to add a quarter for every 'slip". Im going to make my kids add quarters for their bad behavior too, like my oldest who refuses to flush.

Nobody is perfect.

I slip and curse when i hurt myself or something went wrong. Everyday things. Its a very hard habit for me to break. My friends mom used to say about me growing up that if "i were to walk into a bar, sailors would come running out"

Yeah, I was half asleep had a HORRIBLE nights sleep and he woke up an hour and a half early with the "mommy alarm" saying "mommy mommy" in the tone and sing song nature of an ambulance siren ... I asked him what the F--- do you want? ... that woke me up really fast when I realized it was not a dream it was happening ... it happens to us all.

I don't ever speak in a way that my children cannot hear. So, no, I don't "slip" because I have nothing to slip.

Ummm.yeah, it happens to the best of us! LOL