"I didn't swear in front of my kids for the first 12 years of being a mom. I swore all the time before becoming a mom so this was a deeply meaningful sacrifice on my part," writes Jen McGuire. "To give up profanity was, at that point, like being asked to give up at least 40% of my vocabulary. How would I convey excitement, fear, fury, love, joy? It felt impossible at first but this was a promise I made to myself. I was young when I became a mom, just 21 years old. I felt like people would expect me to be profane and immature because I was profane and immature. I vowed to hide this from my children for as long as possible by giving up swearing."
So what happened the first time she decided to swear at her kid? This is a fun one.
'ACOTAR' girlies! While on 'Call Her Daddy' with Alex Cooper yesterday, Sarah J. Maas announced the release date of the long-awaited sixth 'ACOTAR' book.
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