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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: How Ice Cube Keeps His Kids From Cursing at Home [Watch (HLS stream): How Ice Cube Keeps His Kids From Cursing at Home](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/x8y3aWTT.m3u8) (0:48)  _Published 2014-06-11. Ice Cube knows his kids may curse, but he's not okay with them doing it in the house. Here's how he makes sure their mouths are clean around adults._ --- Jul 27, 2023 4:48 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Late-Night Highlight: Ice Cube Reveals What N.W.A Does NOT Stand For](/video/h3C14KrA/) ### Late-Night Highlight: Ice Cube Reveals What N.W.A Does NOT Stand For [10 Questions with Ice Cube](/video/AjkWTLZg/) ### 10 Questions with Ice Cube [Why Ice Cube Can Rap About Being Poor \(Even Though He's Rich\)](/video/6anAKMnG/) ### Why Ice Cube Can Rap About Being Poor (Even Though He's Rich) --- ## Transcript When did you first introduce your music to your kids? Oh man, my kids was listening to my music young, you know, as young as they could sit in the car and roll with me, and if I'm listening to my demo, they listening to my demo. Okay. So, that's my kids too, and now my kids have terrible language. Do your kids have terrible language? Sometimes, but. You know, all kids got crazy language. You know they, they talk a different language. You know, long as they can get it together when it's time. I'm fine with that. So you, so you have, you have fine with whatever they wanna say in the house. You don't say. Oh, no, no. They no, no, no. No bad language in the house. Oh, okay. My thing is, you know, I know kids cuss. You know, they do they thing but, I tell my kids don't do it in earshot of any adult or you're in trouble. So does your scary face work on your kids? Do you start with? Yeah. 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