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Training up a child: potty mouth and all

One of the things we have had to contend with is our daughter shooting questions as we watch TV. At times the answers to the questions are straightforward. Other times the questions have more twists and turns than a politician's words.
'Bleep. Bleep'. The sound, often put on dialogue to replace offensive words from a broadcast, once got Pudd'ng's attention.
"Dah-dee? Why do they put that bleeping sound?"
"Because ..." I explained to her that whatever was being said was deemed unpalatable, and so those words were being 'bleeped'.
"What are the words that are being 'bleeped'?"
It's at such times that Nya'Manoah would have hissed in a fit, "Child, stop trying me".
"Because," I replied. "Because."

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