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She tells parents that middle school is where kids swear as a way to try on personalities. Yet, she added, most parents are “not as concerned with swearing as parents were when you and I grew up.” ...
Dear Kid Whisperer, My 8-year-old grandson is experimenting with using borderline expletives: saying “Darn it!” but saying it in such a way that could be perceived as saying the more taboo word.
Australia treats public profanity as a criminal offence in many states, with fines under ‘offensive language’ laws. In Canada ...
Five reasons I don't let me young kids swear, even as a liberal: 1. Swearing gets kids in trouble in school, sports, and other clubs/groups.
The other morning, on the way to school, my eighth grade niece was regaling me with stories about the costumes kids wore on Halloween. One classmate, she said, came dressed as a “sexy-ass rabbit.” ...
Sometimes kids just viscerally understand that nothing but a swear word will drive home their point. The first time Byrne heard her child swear was in a busy restaurant when her family was on holiday.
For me the whole "don't swear around kids thing" is kind of going out the window these days. I always find it humorous when parents pearl clutch when foul language is used around children.
And she says other parents should follow suit - as it’s normal to swear. Author Lucinda, from Mullion, Cornwall, said: “The Fury kids swearing isn’t a big deal. “It’s natural, it’s normal.
And she says other parents should follow suit - as it’s normal to swear. Author Lucinda, from Mullion, Cornwall, said: “The Fury kids swearing isn’t a big deal. “It’s natural, it’s normal.