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Dax Shepard Lays Out Home-Only Rule Allowing Kids to Swear When ‘Called For’

Shepard says the policy teaches his daughters how to use profanity appropriately through parental modeling

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Overview

  • On July 28 on his Armchair Expert podcast, Shepard said his daughters Lincoln, 12, and Delta, 10, may swear at home when it’s “called for” but must refrain in restaurants and other public venues
  • He fully swears in front of them to demonstrate how context shapes a word’s meaning and to empower the girls to assign their own interpretations
  • The policy builds on Shepard and Bell’s earlier “second child parents” approach, which grants broad freedoms so long as no one risks harm
  • Kristen Bell and Shepard model healthy conflict resolution by apologizing to each other in front of their daughters to show how to make amends
  • Late-night host Seth Meyers presented a stricter stance, saying he and his wife forbid swearing at home to avoid their children using profanity at school