Out of the mouths of babes . . . As parents, we know that anything that's uttered within earshot of our kids is fair game for repetition. And while eliminating all of those four-letter favorites is a no-brainer, there are plenty of others that can be just as damaging. Here, the 10 words we suggest that you ban from your vocabulary in front of your kids. Hate: You might be talking about rush Read more

Rules are meant to be broken, but what's the punishment if it's mama that breaks them? Every home has its own set of rules and appropriate disciplinary action if they are broken, but parents are often the ones who misbehave. A neighbor of mine routinely finds herself buying her tots new Wii games after filling their family swear jar with her own money, rather than her kids', and another Read more

Evenflo uses potty mouth to sell its latest car seat. The company is going minivan with its new Savvy Parent viral video that was made in a similar vein to Toyota's much talked about swagger wagon campaign. While the car manufacturer used humor and cool factor to rebrand a family vehicle, Evenflo tackles swearing to direct attention to the Momentum 65 convertible seat. The clip includes mentions Read more

When did cursing go from four letter words and those with a token five to half of the dictionary? Words like "crap" and "sucks" always teetered on the thin line between appropriate language and swearing for some, but now it seems that everything is a bad word. "Oh, my gosh," "heck," and "whatever" are off limits in lots of households as are "stupid," "dumb," and "butt." It's understandable Read more

When a child first curses, it's how parents handle it that makes all the difference — some are shocked while others choose overlook the slippage. There are even moms and dads that allow their kiddos to express themselves with four-letter bombs in certain circumstances. While Jennifer Connelly, mom to Kai, 12, and Stellan, 6, sat down with Jimmy Kimmel last night, she tells him that she is Read more

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 Read more

I think most of us have a go-to swear word. The term you mutter, shout, or scream when you stub your toe in the middle of the night. It turns out that swearing might be a viable form of pain relief. In a British study that seems like a hybrid of interrogation techniques and slumber party antics, college students were asked to immerse a hand into cold water. They were timed to see how long they Read more

Mommy Dearest, I am at a loss for words after a playdate at the park with a few of my two-year-old son's friends and their families.  One set of parents used four-letter words so frequently and freely that a child (not their own) started repeating one of the words, even screaming it, for attention. The cursing couple thought it was funny.  I told them that my husband and I try to curb the use Read more