My 9 year old does not. We also didn't punish him at an earlier age when he said it a few times. We made it clear that those words are not something we want him to use, but if he needed to get it out of his system he could do it at home. The novelty wore off. He is a big rule follower so he definitely doesn't do it at school. In fact, if I let a bad word slip up he is the first one to call me out on it and I apologize.

Of course not. that's trash

Anonymous wrote:I have told my kids:
I do not want to hear that language. If you say it at school, you will get in trouble. If another adult hears you say it, they will not want their kids to be friends with you and you probably will not be invited to their house to play.

They also know that calling people names (swear word or not) is cause for big trouble.

If they stay within those guidelines I don't care much.

This is OP. Thanks to everyone who responded. This post is pretty much where I am so thanks!

Not on his own, but after I accidentally let out an "oh, sh*t" the other day, he did remind me: "Mom, you can't say sh*t! That's a bad word." He's 5.

No. I did go over all the swear words and what them meant (if appropriate - didn't go into details about some) and said I don't want to hear him using them. He doesn't but was curious what they all meant.

I have told my kids:
I do not want to hear that language. If you say it at school, you will get in trouble. If another adult hears you say it, they will not want their kids to be friends with you and you probably will not be invited to their house to play.

They also know that calling people names (swear word or not) is cause for big trouble.

If they stay within those guidelines I don't care much.

No, my child is never allowed to swear. It is bad manners. They have heard me swear and I always apologize.

We teach that there is a time and place for certain language and to be respectful of your audience. The only thing we put our foot down for is name calling with is not ok.

5 and 8 year old do not swear. We have a rule that if they hear a word, and wonder if it is bad, they are allowed to say the word to us and ask. If its ok, we say so. If we are not ok with it, we tell them not to say it again. If it is a word in the gray area in between, we try to explain when it might be ok to us it and when not.

I think every family has to decide for themselves what that gray area is... and when is the right time/place to use those types of words. If you are ok with sh*t, than fine. Just make sure he understands that there might be situations where other people wouldn't be ok with it- such as playdates, church, etc. (And It sounds like you are doing that.)

No, they don't. Ages 4-10.

My 11 year old does. It’s hilarious. If it were ever directed at me he’d be grounded for a year.

My 6 YO has also picked up several of them.. like "What the h*ll", "You S*ck" .. We do not tolerate those in the house. However we are also struggling on how to control the exposure to such slangs as it seems everyone around him in his school is using them and he thinks it is cool..

Anonymous wrote:I just make it clear with my 7 year old in our house ONLY and when no friends are over. School or playdates= NO (and he WILL get in trouble if I hear it, and 7 year olds still tattle A LOT so I will find out!). He seems to be fine with those guidelines.

Same at our house.

I just make it clear with my 7 year old in our house ONLY and when no friends are over. School or playdates= NO (and he WILL get in trouble if I hear it, and 7 year olds still tattle A LOT so I will find out!). He seems to be fine with those guidelines.

A couple times, my 7 year old DS has let an "oh sh*t" slip out. At first I ignored it - thought I must have mis-heard. Yesterday it was more clear and I asked him where he'd heard that... he said he picked it up from the 4th and 5th graders in SACC.

Trying to decide if I want to make a big deal out of it. I told him he can't speak like that at school and that it's just not nice language and speaking like that may make people think he doesn't have a very good vocabulary. But... I'm actually not sure I care that much. He's not dropping f-bombs (though he did use that one a couple times after listening to Hamilton... "mommy, what's a Southern mother f*cking democratic republican?" I guess I'm wondering in this day and age what's wrong with a little swearing?