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Tyler Scott's avatar

My 4 year old said “Fuck” the other day. My eyes locked with my wife's and we nervously chuckled in terror.

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Michael Venutolo-Mantovani's avatar

never let them see you laughing at that shit lol!!!!

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Be A Super Dad's avatar

Love the honesty Michael. How's the 'assholing' going? 😁

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Michael Venutolo-Mantovani's avatar

We have our good days and we have our bad :)

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I am Tess's avatar

This is me. I will get calls from Emma's school.

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Michael Venutolo-Mantovani's avatar

yep.... Jules has a list of "bad words" that he repeats but Em and I have never really stressed that any words are bad. Which leads me to believe he's definitely said them in school and been told as much!

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Todd W's avatar

I’ve been going with fudgehole around the kids lately. But then sometimes I’ll say fucking fudgehole and it defeats the purpose.

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Michael Venutolo-Mantovani's avatar

Oh yeah, I've been sounding REALLLLLLL Southern lately with all my "goshdangits"! I've definitely dropped a "goshdang motherfucker!" though

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JV's avatar

I’ve been making a point to modify my language around my son. Replace “asshole” with “butthole” and it becomes a little more palatable when heard from a 4-year old.

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Michael Venutolo-Mantovani's avatar

"Buttcrack" is currently in Jules's top three favorite words right now, so the transition shouldn't be too tough.

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