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5 Ways To Deal With A Loved One's Embarrassing Behavior In Public

Marie Marley | Posted 04.30.2013 | Fifty
Marie Marley

It isn't unusual for people with Alzheimer's to behave inappropriately in public at times. And often that leads to embarrassment for the caregiver. Here are some ways to deal with that embarrassment.

I Can't Stop Cursing Around My Kids

Adrian Kulp | Posted 04.06.2013 | Parents
Adrian Kulp

As far as I can remember, I didn't grow up with a foul mouth. As kids, my parents didn't really shield me or my brothers from bad words, but they certainly didn't duct tape us to chairs in the basement and make us watch George Carlin videos either.

Let's Hear It for 'Bullshit!'

Norman Lear | Posted 05.13.2013 | Politics
Norman Lear

If anybody can tell me that there are another two syllables that can express what lies just beneath the consciousness of most Americans at this minute -- and all Americans when they know what they are angry minute about, I want to know what that is.

When Did The F-Word Go Mainstream?

Ann Brenoff | Posted 05.07.2013 | Fifty
Ann Brenoff

WTF is up with all the profanity being used these days? I get that most people have the occasional drunken sailor moment, but nowadays, I encounter profanity everywhere I turn. I admit I'm turning a lot to social media, which is doused in it.

What The Hell?

Daily Beast | Posted 03.01.2013 | Politics
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Used to be that if you said a swear word, your mama would wash your damn mouth out with soap....

My Son's Very Unfortunate Mispronunciation

Caren Chesler | Posted 04.17.2013 | Parents
Caren Chesler

Friends had warned me if I didn't clean up my language, it was going to rub off on my son.

Catholic School Creates 'No-Swearing Pledge'

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 02.05.2013 | Religion

A New Jersey Catholic school is facing accusations of sexism after a teacher proposed that the girls take a pledge not to swear for the month of Febru...

Women Who Curse and the Men Who Love Them

Kristen Houghton | Posted 03.12.2013 | Women
Kristen Houghton

Some men have a hard time hearing women curse. They don't mind choice words being used during foreplay and sex, but they don't appreciate those same words being said in public.

Dear New York Times: Women Curse

Margaret Wheeler Johnson | Posted 03.05.2013 | Women
Margaret Wheeler Johnson

Everyone, there's cursing in the lady mags. Someone dispatch one of Emily Post's descendants to the Conde Nast building STAT.

Can I Stop Swearing Before My Daughter Is Born?

2012-07-03-slatelogo.jpg | Posted 11.19.2012 | Parents

Written by Jessica Grose for Slate I didn’t really think anything about about my frequent, enthusiastic swearing until I got pregnant. But then, ...

What Words Should A Preschooler Never Say?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 11.27.2012 | Parents
Lisa Belkin

We all have our list of those words. Not the banned-by-the-FCC ones -- I figure all parents agree that those should probably not be part of a 3-year-old's vocabulary. But words that are loaded, words that are hurtful, words that feel personal.

10 Cities With Cursing Problems

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 08.12.2012 | Business

Where a worker lives may determine how much they swear at work, according to a recent survey from CareerBuilder.com (h/t NBC News). Those who work...

Anderson Cooper Got Sassy With Fellow Airline Passenger

Posted 08.21.2012 | TV

Just because Kathy Griffin has said she wants her new show "Kathy" (Thu., 10 p.m. ET on Bravo) to be a celebrity-free zone, that doesn't mean she won'...

Worrying About What Our Teens are Reading? Really?

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 07.30.2012 | Parents
Barbara Greenberg

When I was growing up, my mom's best gift to me was to take me to the library.

Study: Cursing Is Good For Your Health

Posted 08.22.2012 | Arts

*#&$^%!!!! It sometimes seems dropping an F-bomb just makes you feel better -- and now there's proof. A study concluded that there really are feelings...

Jeffrey Dean Morgan Swears Up A Storm On 'The Late Late Show'

Posted 04.06.2012 | TV

Jeffrey Dean Morgan was feeling a bit under the weather, but he pushed through it for his appearance on "The Late Late Show" (Weeknights, 12:37 a.m. E...

F-Bombing Our Kids

Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D. | Posted 03.28.2012 | Entertainment
Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D.

When are we going to let children just be children? When are we going to stop dressing children up in adult get-ups for adult entertainment or amusement or shock value?

'Modern Family': Lily Drops The F-Bomb

Posted 03.19.2012 | TV

It's something all parents can remember -- or will experience if not there yet. That awkward moment when their child first discovers profanity. Unfort...

The Curse Of The Mother

Leah Ariniello | Posted 02.19.2012 | Parents
Leah Ariniello

The kindergarten teacher wrote in curly script that she had instructed my sweet boy that day to use "kind" words, when talking with other students. Not words like "shit."

Out Of The Mouths Of Babes: 'Where's My F****ing Baba?'

The Huffington Post | Lisa Belkin | Posted 01.31.2012 | Parents

Julie Merberg has a very short problem. It's only four letters, which is the length of the words spilling out of the mouth of her angel-faced three-ye...

The Shelf Talker: Lorrie Moore, Rebecca Solnit and Silly Putty

Kevin Smokler | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Kevin Smokler

Does the name Lorrie Moore mean anything to you? To us, she's only like the best short story writer ever.

On Yelling, Cursing and Tim Geithner

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

I was shocked by the reaction to my support of Tim Geithner's bad temper, not so much by the anti-administration people, but by the number of you who never swear and never yell at people.

Curse Words from an Old Manse

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

I strongly disagree with anyone caring about this "stupidly" business. Politics is serious, and sometimes people get fired up. Diplomatic speaking is for diplomats.

Cursing Helps Endure Pain: Study (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Katie Couric reports on a new study about cursing: Watch CBS Videos Online...

Cursing, A Natural Painkiller?

ABC News | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Stubbed your toe? Burned your hand on a hot pot? Go ahead and curse. It might make you feel better. New study shows the use of profanity might be a p...