Cursing Helps Relieve Pain

Can Cursing Be Good For Kids, Too?

July 13, 2009

Barnacles! Fiddlesticks! Boiling engines! A new study revealed that cursing helps relieve pain. Swearing mamas will be elated to know their four-letter vocabularies are good for something other than being told to curtail her language, but they may still might want to shield wee ears from replicating their sailor mouths. Instead of screaming something that rhymes with "hit," kids often learn other phrases like "boiling engines" from their beloved cartoons. Perhaps stomping their feet whilst yelling "Barnacles!" is good for their soul, too. What are your tot's favorite "curse words"?

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7 Comments

3 years 44 weeks

I think this "study" is complete (to quote your little girl LilSugar) "phooey". I once encountered a cursing toddler, and it was one of the ugliest sights I've ever witnessed. And no, cursing didn't alleviate his "pain" or calm him down. He continued his filthy tirade towards his mother for over ten minutes. We have so many adults now who lack self control and run with selfish impulses, why encourage that in the younger generation? It's crazy.

Lyngay 3 years 44 weeks

My kiddo repeats all manner of bad words she's heard me say. O_o I take total blame. But I'm working REALLY hard to change my language. Favorite substitutes: God bless it Mother bear What the F? And various other ways of substituting "eff" for the whole word Son of a biscuit. Hahaha...

chakra_healer 3 years 44 weeks

Not in my household. I do not have kids yet, but my nieces and nephew do not curse or raise their voice, as my sisters are following my parents model, even with regard to no talking back. MUCH better to discourage the behavior as toddlers then have a kid yell "F you, mom/dad/grandma" then storm off, at around 12 or 13 (saw this in a store once and I'm guessing the kid was 12, but I, as an adult, would never curse around my parents it is disrespectful).

Danz 3 years 45 weeks

The words will be innocent only for a while. Then they'll hear older kids and grownups doing some real cursing and they'll copy them.

bluepuppybites 3 years 45 weeks

My daughter will just simply say "I'm too mad!" Though one time, and I'm sure she heard me, she was playing in her room and and I heard da*nit! and heard something being thrown. So I guess whatever she was playing with really made her mad. I didn't ask questions.

3 years 45 weeks

I had a coach in high school who would yell "crayola!"