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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband and I both are pretty foul-mouthed, and honestly, we didn't even try to curb our tongues.

What we did do is explain to our child -- starting when she was really little -- that some words are OK when it's just us at home, but we shouldn't say them in public because not everyone is OK with them.

Other parents generally say, "yeah, good luck with that" -- but honestly, it's *worked*.

She's six now, and if it's just us in the car, she will borrow my iPod and look for Pink's "Raise Your Glass" or Bruno Mars' "Treasure" so she can sing along with the profanity; if she's at school or out and about, she would never dream of using that language. I mean, NEVER.

I will say, though, I think there's a difference between using profanity in a neutral way ("Where the f*** did I put my keys?") and directing it at other people ("Hey, a$$hole!").

I don't have a problem with any specific word, but I *do* have a problem with using language abusively. That is something we don't do, and it's something we correct when our daughter does it (even when the language she's using is not offensive).[/quote]

Nice that YOU don't have a problem with foul language but I guarantee you that if you speak this way at work, around friends/ strangers etc there are people who consider you to be low-class because of the way you talk.[/quote]

*shrug* I try to be conscious of who I'm talking to and whether they're likely to be offended, because I don't like to make others uncomfortable unnecessarily, but I'm not worried about how people perceive me as far as "class" goes.[/quote]

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