AIBU to think children using the word fart is vulgar?

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DH and I have had a long standing disagreement regarding the DC using the word fart - I won't allow it and he has pointed out to the DC's that it is not a 'bad word but just one that I don't like them using.

AIBU? or is he?

YABU

We use fart and puke. I prefer puke to vomit.

We would never use/ allow shit though, so I don't equate them.

DS doesn't do loud ones but by christ he will hold onto his shit until it's basically falling out.

So we say "Stop farting and go to the toilet"

Pump is AWFUL. Trump and fluff almost as bad, but pump is the worst.

When I was a child we called them poofs which caused no end of confusion later. But not as bad as my little cousin who was instructed to always call poos "duties". I still snigger when I hear about someone doing their duty for the country.

" Fart " is rude ... Seriously? Madness ...

Oh no, Bertie Botts. Call of Duty has a whole new meaning.

Pump is awful. It also means 'shag' in Scotland so anyone who thinks it's preferable to fart is wrong.

Pump, trump, parp, fluff, windy pops are all disgustingly twee. And how exactly does parp sound all that different to fart?

Just say 'fart' you strange people.

I was guilty of calling them farties when dc were toddlers .

Pump sounds like a deliberate fart not one of those ones that slips out uncontrollably.

I do remember, when I was about 11, a neighbour was having a barbecue. Some of us kids were sleeping over upstairs, girls in one room, boys in the other.

Boy who we didn't know kept coming in and annoying us, so we kept telling him to get lost etc. Then he came in, trembling with excitement. "Daniel SWORE!" he whispered excitedly. "I'm telling on him! He's gonna get into trouble!"

Being curious, we asked what he had said. He was shy at first, but we coaxed it out of him. Fart. He had said fart. So we all fell about laughing at him. Poor child

Merry!!

We used to say pop-off when our kids were little but I accepted that as they grew older they would want a more grown-up word. We compromised by saying they weren't allowed to use the word fart until they were eight - it felt like they would be ok to use it once they were in the juniors.

My daughter has told me she was the last one in her class to be able to say the word fart but I pointed out that plenty of kids would say it at school but not be allowed to say it at home.

There are people out there who don't let their small children say 'bum'? That's worthy of a call to Childline, surely. Those poor deprived children.

It's fart, bum, poo, wee in our house. 'Pump' is truly revolting.

I have a recollection of singing a song about farting in Brownie camp. Evidently we were the Vulgar Troop.

Pretty sure it was mostly 'boff' when I was growing up. Though my parents insisted on 'belch' not 'burp' and I have a deep dislike of the word belch now!

Belch is horrible. It sounds like one of those deep rolling ones.

Clearly I am a terribly lax mother. I suspect DS1 would be reduced to almost complete silence on some occasions if I banned all non-euphemistic toilet-related words (though I will periodically remind him after a lengthy BUM POO WILLY fest that not everyone wants to listen to potty talk).

DS1 also finds the word "bottom" equally hilarious, FWIW.

I'm with adventureBe. Why would anyone need to mention these things at all?
My children know that at home they use anatomically correct words such as penis, vulva, navel etc (bottom, not bum) should they need to refer to them. My youngest is allowed to mention he needs to poo, as he still needs assistance so as not to fall in the loo.

leedy you and yours would fit right in chez Giant.

I find a young child using the word fart a bit crass. We use parp with our toddler but once he is bigger I'm sure he can say fart with his friends, just not in front of ( posh) granny!

if people learnt to control themselves wtf?

One of my elderly clients farts when she stands up. "Ada Birkenshaw is in the room again!" she says. Poor Ada, whoever she is.

Why would anyone need to mention these things at all?

Oh my goodness!!! There would be virtually no conversation at all in our house. It's hard enough to stop it at the dinner table. Kids are 6,6,9 but I am partial to lavatorial humour as well. You're never too old.

yellow, shouldn't youngest DC say, "I need to defecate now, Mummy."

I am now in a fit of helpless giggles at "Ada Birkenshaw is in the room again!".

YABU, it's a word. It's hardly going to damage society, it's not like their go around dropping the 'C Bomb' casually in conversation.

However, I've taught my children that while it's ok to have fart jokes at home and with school friends, there is a time and a place for it so I won't permit it in public or around certain people.
We have a rule, if they wouldn't say a word to their headteacher then they don't use it in public full stop.

I don't like DD (or DS when he can talk) to say fart. We used "fluff" growing up and that's what DD has and DS will be taught.

Fart is a bit crass for my liking

My children know that at home they use anatomically correct words such as penis, vulva, navel etc (bottom, not bum) should they need to refer to them. My youngest is allowed to mention he needs to poo, as he still needs assistance so as not to fall in the loo.

Oh I bet it's all fun and games in your house............

I've yet to meet a child who didn't love a fart and bum joke.

Fluff is such a silly word and surely ripe for lots of confusion.