At what age did you allow an occasional properly-placed swear word in your home?

[Anonymous]

Example: “S-word! I forgot!”

[Anonymous]

For me or the kid?

[Anonymous]

Nothing is ever "allowed". I will forgive the occasional swear, but always call them out on it. I myself swear occasionally and apologize when I do. I just don't want it to become a reflex.

[Anonymous]

Oh, I never allowed it. But gave up when my son was about 13.

[Anonymous]

Around 4? She could say whatever curse word she wanted on her birthday at the top of her lungs.

[Anonymous]

We never banned swear words, just told DD that many people did not like it and considered it rude, but if she wanted to swear, fine, just use the word appropriately. We never really reacted when DD used the occasional swear word when young. Now that she's 14, she almost never swears.

[Anonymous]

Uh, when she could talk? We've never refrained from "properly placed" swear words in our house.

Swearing at someone else is never allowed, nor is using any language that conveys racism or misogyny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nothing is ever "allowed". I will forgive the occasional swear, but always call them out on it. I myself swear occasionally and apologize when I do. I just don't want it to become a reflex.

This.

Swearing is just so ghetto.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We never banned swear words, just told DD that many people did not like it and considered it rude, but if she wanted to swear, fine, just use the word appropriately. We never really reacted when DD used the occasional swear word when young. Now that she's 14, she almost never swears.

This.

Also, we've discussed the distinction between saying the occasional swear word and calling someone a name, e.g., "Oh, s***!" vs. "You're a piece of s***!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nothing is ever "allowed". I will forgive the occasional swear, but always call them out on it. I myself swear occasionally and apologize when I do. I just don't want it to become a reflex.

This.

Swearing is just so ghetto.

Using the word "ghetto" is a racist segregation tactic. To me, that has more negative impact than saying f***.

[Anonymous]

13? 14? was when I stopped correcting them.

I have a mouth of a sailor

[Anonymous]

March 2020- my kid was 7. I told him he could use the f word in conjunction with Covid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nothing is ever "allowed". I will forgive the occasional swear, but always call them out on it. I myself swear occasionally and apologize when I do. I just don't want it to become a reflex.

This.

Swearing is just so ghetto.

Using the word "ghetto" is a racist segregation tactic. To me, that has more negative impact than saying f***.

This. That was a tremendous self-own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nothing is ever "allowed". I will forgive the occasional swear, but always call them out on it. I myself swear occasionally and apologize when I do. I just don't want it to become a reflex.

This.

Swearing is just so ghetto.

Have you ever been on a golf course?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We never banned swear words, just told DD that many people did not like it and considered it rude, but if she wanted to swear, fine, just use the word appropriately. We never really reacted when DD used the occasional swear word when young. Now that she's 14, she almost never swears.

This.

Also, we've discussed the distinction between saying the occasional swear word and calling someone a name, e.g., "Oh, s***!" vs. "You're a piece of s***!"

This. Teaching my kid to know his audience.

He's 5, and mostly says, "I heard someone say ****," so he's not really saying the word as much as talking about it. (LOL). But he does occasionally say something like, "this was a really sh*tty day," and I get it.