Why Kristen Bell & Dax Shepard Allow Their Kids to Use Swear Words
Dax Shepard swears his home is the good place.
The podcast host revealed that he and his wife of 12 years Kristen Bell allow their daughters Lincoln, 12, and Delta, 10, to use curse words—if they're in the privacy of their house.
"I fully swear in front of my kids," Dax explained during the July 28 episode of his Armchair Expert podcast. "They are allowed to swear, not with impunity, but when it’s called for, and they land it, and it’s in the house and not out at a restaurant, it’s OK.”
For the 50-year-old, the decision was made as a way to give his children more ownership over their language.
"My defense of it is," Dax continued, "I just told the girls, like, ‘Hey, these are noises that come out of your mouth, and you assign what they mean to you.'"
Still, the Parenthood alum understood that some parents might disagree with the couple's rule.
In fact, his podcast guest Seth Meyers was one of them, sharing that he and his wife Alexi Ashe try to prevent their kids—sons Ashe, 9, and Axel, 7, and daughter Adelaide, 3—from using swear words no matter where they are.
As he put it, "For us, it’s the fear that they’re gonna take it to school."
But Seth also noted that raising boys might play a role in how he feels about the subject.
“Let’s not underestimate girls and boys," the Late Night With Seth Meyers host said, explaining that he could "100 percent" trust his daughter if he told her, "I’m gonna tell you this word, don’t say it at school."
However, Seth went on to joke that his boys probably wouldn't be able to keep the same promise, and Dax agreed, quipping, "They’re gonna say it immediately."
As for Kristen, she previously echoed her husband when it came to the topic of curse words, joking during a 2020 appearance on Strahan, Sara & Keke that when Lincoln and Delta use them she and Dax usually "don't react."
She added, "And we're not very good at editing ourselves really."
For more on Kristen and Dax's life together, keep reading.
"Who is this sparkly creature?'" Dax recalled thinking when he met Kristen at a friend's birthday dinner in 2007. After running into each other again two weeks later at a hockey game they decided to accept fate and start dating.
The old saying rings true for this couple, who both had doubts to go along with the butterflies early on. Dax said his playboy past didn't go unnoticed by "good girl" Kristen, who told Good Housekeeping, "We're the Paula Abdul video 'Opposites Attract' personified."
The two got engaged in late 2009 while co-starring in When In Rome together. They weren't immune to the romance of the Italian city and just like in their movie, the couple fell under a real life love spell.
In an interview about her relationship with Dax in 2010, Kristen shared,"A snuggle party can fix anything—it's true."
The couple got married in a simple ceremony at a Beverly Hills courthouse in 2013 after announcing their plans to wed on Twitter earlier in the year. Their choice to forego an extravagant wedding made their love story even more romantic to fans.
Bell gave birth to their first child, a girl they named Lincoln, in March 2013. Fiercely protective of her daughter's privacy, Kristen quipped, "I would really like to see the aftermath of the first person who tries to take a picture of Lincoln."
In December 2014 the couple had their second daughter, Delta.
In an interview with Good Housekeeping in May 2015 Kristen shared that she and her hubby attend couples counseling when they need to work through an issue saying, "Therapy is not something to be embarrassed about."
Kristen Bell finally joined Instagram in 2016 and inaugurated her account with a closeup of her and her husband sharing a kiss.
The two looked just as in love as ever at the premiere of Dax's new movie Chips in March 2017.
They two celebrated the 2017 Fourth of July holiday in style.
The pair continues to prove that they're just like any other couple. They openly share that they go to marriage counseling and sometimes fight. However what remains constant is their respect for each other. Kristen shared her marriage advice on Instagram writing, "Loving someone despite their faults, failings, or character defects, is the most powerful loving thing you can do. Rejoice in what makes the other person happy and allow them their individual interests."
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