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[quote=Anonymous]Apologies if this has come up before.

My wife grew up in a household where her parents were mild mannered and good natured.  Her only recollection of her dad ever swearing was once calling her brother an a**hole after he crashed a car as a teenager and almost hurt a bunch of people.  Her parents both went to college and had white collar jobs.  I grew up in a household where swearing was relatively common.  My parents swore around us kids, and sometimes at us kids.  My parents didn't go to college and had blue collar jobs.  My friends were all the same way.

I swear around our kids.  One of our boys is a teenager and is going through a snarky/disrespectful phase.  He's missing a bunch of assignments in school, so I've had to mentor him to help him manage his work and time better to avoid another D.  The other day he was being totally uncooperative, and refused to do anything.  I lost my cool and swore at him, calling him an a**hole for the first time ever.  My wife heard the exchange and has become traumatized by it.

I know I slipped and apologized to both my son and my wife.  But my wife insists that the way she was raised is normal and that parents simply don't swear at their kids.  So I'd love to ask everyone: how many parents swear at their kids?[/quote]

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