Parents letting children swear?

[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 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