Parents letting children swear?

[DryRash]

Hello Habbox :)

So today I was walking home with my friend and having a laugh talking about things like we usually do. Then out of the blue a car drives along with the back windows rolled all the way down with about three children in there without seat belts on and they looked about 4 or 5.

They looked at me and friend and shouted *REMOVED* heads! So me and my mate was like WOAH what was that all about? At first we thought they shouted one of our names but it wasn't.

As we was then walking up to the junction we saw them again and they shouted Go die you *REMOVED*.
I am not really that bothered about the whole thing as I am more older than them and much more mature.

However what annoyed me was their mother was in the front seat and laughed. Sure thing I can't tell a mother on how to raise her children but to let them use foul language I thought was pretty bad at that age.

Sorry for another long post but how do you feel about parents that let children swear. My parents know I swear ect however it is classed as bad manners if I use it in front of them.

So what's your opinion on the whole thing ? :)

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[-:Undertaker:-]

Children should not swear and adults should not swear around them which is often the cause.

[Empired]

Hey this reminds me of this video:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd7dQh8u4Hc

To be honest, I think swearing isn't the end of the world as long as you're not using it directly at someone to hurt their feelings or something.. It's just a part of humans expressing how they feel :P

[j0rd]

how you had to clear it up that you were more mature than 4 or 5 year olds made me laugh

[DryRash]

Children should not swear and adults should not swear around them which is often the cause.

It often is the case parents setting bad examples!

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how you had to clear it up that you were more mature than 4 or 5 year olds made me laugh

xD Someone had to say it :P

[Aiden]

If parents want their children to swear then let them. I know which child will have a harder time controlling themselves.

[Kardan]

I'm 21 tomorrow and I still don't swear in front of my parents... Can't say I've ever heard of 5 year olds swearing though...

[Shockwave.2CC]

Children shouldn't swear at all. but if they are swearing then you can only really blame their parents as they should know not to swear around them.

[DryRash]

I'm 21 tomorrow and I still don't swear in front of my parents... Can't say I've ever heard of 5 year olds swearing though...

Happy birthday for tomorrow! :)

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[David]

why do people think that the only way you can learn a swear word is from your parents

[Yawn]

4 or 5 years old sounds totally believable

[DryRash]

why do people think that the only way you can learn a swear word is from your parents

They don't always get it from their parents, I picked it up from friends when I was younger.

However if you had payed attention to what I said, I said that their Mother was in the front laughing about it. As she was looking straight at us while they said it.

That's why people say children most of the time get it from their parents.

However you are right they don't always learn it from them good point!

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4 or 5 years old sounds totally believable

Well considering they looked about my nephews age and had a primary school uniform on, The same primary I went to and the primary my nephews go to at the moment. Yeah I am pretty sure they was around that age ;}

[Charz777]

I never swore as a kid because I knew I'd get a serious telling-off. But my best friend from school, from about the ages 5 to 15, she swore at her mum all the time and got away with it. Sometimes as bad as telling her to *REMOVED* off. Which I think shows a complete lack of respect to your parents. I wouldn't speak to my parents like that as a kid or an adult, regardless. My parents didn't swear around me as a kid. My mum may have done occasionally, but not so much that I remember it and my dad never swears, even now.

A lot of people think swearing rubs off on kids but I was always taught that if you hear an adult swear then 'adults are allowed to swear' and children aren't. I know someone that for as long as I've known them their parents swore around the kids all the time, some very strong language, and they still never swear in front of their parents. I think it's about knowing what is acceptable for a child to do and an adult.

But I wouldn't swear around or at my kids. Especially at them. I know parents that swear directly at their children when telling them off. I've witnessed 'shut the *REMOVED* up' and '*REMOVED* off' being said to a 2-year-old... And if I see a child swear I think it's disgusting and blame the parents. If I see anyone from the ages of about 12 upwards swear I think they should know better, especially if they are doing it to show off because I can't help thinking how unbelievable stupid and disgraceful they look.

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[Zelda]

personally i don't care about swearing if it's not used to offend anyone, if you are just using it to express dismay or annoyance then i don't really see the problem, but if you are using them to physically insult someone then i'm more bothered by it i suppose.

[Kardan]

personally i don't care about swearing if it's not used to offend anyone, if you are just using it to express dismay or annoyance then i don't really see the problem, but if you are using them to physically insult someone then i'm more bothered by it i suppose.

So it would be perfectly okay to say this in public (let's say on a bus):

******* hell, I've just spilt ******* milk all over my ******* best shirt - for ***** sake. What the **** am I going to do now? ******* **** **** **** **** **** ****.

I must say, I definitely judge people that openly swear in public.

[Zelda]

So it would be perfectly okay to say this in public (let's say on a bus):

******* hell, I've just spilt ******* milk all over my ******* best shirt - for ***** sake. What the **** am I going to do now? ******* **** **** **** **** **** ****.

I must say, I definitely judge people that openly swear in public.

well that might be a bit obsessive but if you were just like ******* hell i've just spilt milk all over my bloody shirt or something i honestly wouldnt care less

[Kardan]

well that might be a bit obsessive but if you were just like ******* hell i've just spilt milk all over my bloody shirt or something i honestly wouldnt care less

Ah, I would :P I just don't see why you would need to swear when in public. I can understand if you're having a private conversation.

[Jurv]

it's even more disgusting how the parents let them shout stuff to strangers with the windows down

i rarely swear infront of my parents and if i do it'll either be me messing about or arguing with my brother

[Metric1]

Both of my parents have an extremely wide vocabulary when it comes to swearing. My mother uses swear words I've never even heard before and I'm in college. We all turned out OK so it can't be that bad to let your kid swear.

[Daltron]

Parents shouldn't swear around their kids

I remember watching some video of this little black boy saying all these swears and his parents egging him on and encouraging it

[Matt]

Children of that age should not swear but I guess it's their family and parents that pass it on. I'm not allowed to swear around my parents or family as my brother is still quite young, but once he starts using them, I can see our house will be full of them lmao. I use them a lot out of the house with my mates and stuff but I have to be really careful what I say around my parents. Telling my dad 'to get stuffed' in a more direct and rude way really didn't get my anywhere lel

[MKR&*42]

I don't mind that much. I only really care if someone swears excessively, but if like someone idk drops someone and says "oh for ***** sake" then I'd totally understand as it's a spur of the moment thing.

I don't swear that much irl anymore and if I had kids (laughs) I would try not to swear around them, but yeah they're obv gonna learn it at school or from tv so it's not always parents fault no matter how hard they try to discipline them.

[Astronomist]

Sound like white trash kids to me.

[crystaldd0]

I know a lot of parents who think it's quite funny when their toddlers start learning swear words. It's almost like they encourage them to swear for their own amusement, so then the kid learns to think its okay to do so whenever, then if the kid decides to start using the words at the wrong time they get punished for it... Personally, I don't think small toddlers/young children should be allowed to use adult language. It's adult language for a reason, and it's fairly rude. I'm 19 and I still don't feel comfortable using swear words.

[Absently]

obviously they shouldn't be swearing but shouting out a window just seems far worse to me and i'd hope they got a telling off for that. i don't mind people swearing, obviously in excess or when you can tell they're purposely trying to swear (mostly i've noticed in younger teenagers). i swear sort of accidentally, like it just falls off my tongue which i have to try and bite my tongue because i work around kids. i can't remember if my mother swore around me as a kid, i assume not when i was extremely young but as i got older she didn't care too much, i don't mind swearing around my mum and sometimes when you're explaining something it gets the point across if you're talking about something in particular. i wouldn't use it as an insult towards her obviously because that's just respect ;p

[Hannah]

Let's face it - swearing wouldn't even exist if we hadn't created it.
It's a manmade product, we made it 'bad'.

Agreeably, I disagree with parents swearing in front of their children - but they're going to do it in the future anyway, so we may as well let them lessen the derogatory meanings sooner rather than later - then they can become just words.

[Eric]

They're probably swearing without even understanding what they actually mean but children shouldn't have any reason to swear and adults shouldn't encourage them as well. Unnecessary swearing is not needed too