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Well, we didn't "allow" it, but my daughter cursed a few times at about age 3. If you've ever driven through rush hour traffic during summer construction season around Chicago, you'd understand why she might have heard the "S" word coming out of my mouth.
Generally my children don't swear frequently and rarely in front of us. I probably admonished them as teens, but again I have quite the sailor mouth when driving at times so.....
At no age is it ok for my child to curse around me. And cursing at me, I’d make their head spin.
I agree, and a rather odd question for any parent to ask, but the problem we have today is a society that has slowly eroded the concept of being respectful and decent human beings. Not only are adults and parents these days lacking in being proper role models and setting examples of good behavior, young kids today are bombarded with immorality and indecent behavior from the internet as well as entertainment such as movies and TV. It's absolutely shocking how even some movies marketed towards kids these days have abundant foul language.
So the combination of adults openly swearing and being hostile towards others in front of their kids, combined with all the garbage being marketed towards our youth, and we now have a society that thinks nothing of 4, 5 year old kids swearing like a sailor and thinking it's 'cute.'
I wasn't trying to control the convo, as much as discourage people who don't swear from commenting - but I know that is futile.
On-line discussions go where they will; it's a fluid environment, which is why it remains interesting. Why would you want to stifle conversation by putting limits on who posts?
On-line discussions go where they will; it's a fluid environment, which is why it remains interesting. Why would you want to stifle conversation by putting limits on who posts?
I am fine with it going wherever - I was just interested in having my original question answered, but I am over it, so it's a free-for-all and I am fine with it.
My boys are 19 and 20 now. The 19-year-old is autistic and does not speak much on a regular basis. If he ever comes out with a curse word -- usually when quoting a movie -- he is redirected to a more socially acceptable word every single time.
My 20-year-old chooses not to curse ever. He says he doesn't care if I do (I occasionally utter "light" curses like crap or damn.) as long as it's not directed at him (which is a joke, as I have never and would never curse at my kids). He doesn't curse with his friends either... just his personality.
I told him when he was about 14-15 that I don't' care if he curses and lots of people do, but of course, taught him where it was absolutely verboten. He's a smart kid, and he made up his own mind about it all. My opinion is that appropriate behavior should be taught and shown, but that occasionally cursing when you get hurt or get angry is not going to cause the downfall of society.
My 12 year old already swears in front of me. She's kind of unstoppable and it's very funny. She knows how to behave in front of people and has good manners when it's important, but at home she makes her true opinions of everything known.
Are you serious!!?? You think a 12 yr old swearing is funny? Wow, good luck with her in a few years if that’s her behavior now and you say she’s unstoppable! I also have s 12yr Old daughter & if she swore I think I’d smack her mouth. Don’t worry, I don’t hit my kids. There’s no need to. They are good and respectful.
I curse sometimes and so does my husband. Occasionally something slips in front of the kids (think stubbed toes and football games lol). They are 12 and 14. They don’t curse around us and I can’t imagine they ever will. I guess when they are grown and one drops an F bomb when they slam their finger in a door or something I’ll have to let it slide. Heh.
My boys are 19 and 20 now. The 19-year-old is autistic and does not speak much on a regular basis. If he ever comes out with a curse word -- usually when quoting a movie -- he is redirected to a more socially acceptable word every single time.
My 20-year-old chooses not to curse ever. He says he doesn't care if I do (I occasionally utter "light" curses like crap or damn.) as long as it's not directed at him (which is a joke, as I have never and would never curse at my kids). He doesn't curse with his friends either... just his personality.
I told him when he was about 14-15 that I don't' care if he curses and lots of people do, but of course, taught him where it was absolutely verboten. He's a smart kid, and he made up his own mind about it all. My opinion is that appropriate behavior should be taught and shown, but that occasionally cursing when you get hurt or get angry is not going to cause the downfall of society.
I know some parents are not teaching their kids to be respectful in public, because on more than one occasion, I have passed by a group of boys (and it could just as well be girls) and they are throwing F bombs right in front of me. I find this incredibly rude. I can understand if it is a pack mentality that they feel they have to do in private, but when you are out in public, passing people and talking like that, I think it has gone too far.
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