When my kids are old enough to make the choice, and be responsible for the consequences of colorful language, well, then I’ll have little to say. Until then, I don’t need my kids swearing like the lil’ guy in Role Models (by the way, if you haven’t seen this movie, I highly recommend it).

Once my son hit like seven years old, I had to change my language in the house, because he had seen an episode of Cosby Show or some family-ish program where the parents had to pay into a jar for every time they cursed. And quickly I started to adopt all of those wonderful substitute phrases we use in the stead of the more expressive language we’d rather…

So, this post is meant to be a lightning rod for those phrases and words, and to serve as a bit of a dictionary for parents. Please, feel free to add whatever you’d like in the comments, and I’ll update this periodically. Let’s just have fun with this…when submitting phrases/words, think about whether you’d be okay with your kids using the phrase.