"@&*!%#*" words

We all know that there are some words that we really don't want our kids to say. Not that they are "bad", they just don't sound nice. For instance, in our family we try not to say hate, so if repeating someone else, we say the "h" word. Stupid is not allowed either, so sometimes we use the "s" word.

Now FART is another word that just sounds ugly. Toot, seems much more pleasant. So I told Shane that I really didn't want him to say it because it didn't sound nice. Of course, telling Shane not to say something, just makes him say it ALL THE TIME. I could deal with that, BUT...after asking me in public "Mommy can I say the "f" word?" I had to just beg him to please say Fart. Fart was better than others thinking that we use THE "f" word.