I was in the verizon store the other day and i saw a child who couldnt have been any more than maybe 8 trip and fall on her butt and say damnit that hurts...well the mother smacked the kid and told her you are not to say that its inappropriate but then 5 min later she turns to the sales person whp told her that the phone she wanted would be 219 dollars and she said to him and i quote " God D**n thats expensive!" right in front of her child so heres my question: How can a parent expect thier child not to do something when they do it right there where they can see it? Dont they know that THEY are an example to thier kids and if you dont want our kids to do something you shouldnt do it. I personally think what the kid said was less harsh than what the mama said lol....I know i curse sometimes but i dont have kids and if i did i most certainly woud not reprimand them if they were just repeating what they have heard me say. what do you guys think? Oh yeah can you teach a child where cursing is totally inappropriate such as school,church,in front of older relatives ect? Like i said im not a parent (unless fish count lol) so i dont know.

TwinkletOes26

quote : You think it's inappropriate to swear in front of kids, and I agree, but you do swear. You know your mother doesn't appreciate swearing in front of her, but you do it anyway. Now you've learned to make sure you're out of ear shot when you cuss. You say that you will not swear in front of you kids when you have them, will it still be out of earshot?

No i said I think its insane to expect your kids not to do something you do...and i said i would curb my swearing when i have kids at least until they are old enough to know that cursing at school,church,in front of grandparents and older people, or people who generally find cursing offensive is not appropriate. I follow all those cursing guidelines except the last one bc im not gonna go out of my way to curse infront of someone i know finds it offensive but im usually not friends with people who do most of my friends have potty mouths(hey none of us have kids to worry about lol) its nothing out of control but they do curse. I personally dont find cursing offensive they are just words (you can disagree that is your right but i just dont) in fact to me words like d**mn(it) and h*ll arent really that bad of curse words (i use those to the most) I understand that if im in a place with a lot of children i should watch my &*%!!(j/k) mouth but if im talking to my friends (again none of them have kids) then who cares if they dont i dont. Different strokes for different folks butn again im 26 and know what is appropriate where and when.

kiki_doki

Firstly I think children learn by example, I sometimes hear children in the streets using terrible language and they must have got it from home!! My eldest son said stupid (which is a swear word in my house) and then my 2 year old copied him straight away.
So they pick up more than we expect them to!!
I get very angry when young people or adults generally swear in the streets..why should my children be exposed to that because they cant curb their tongues....I then tell them so!!

mimi03

My mom cursed my entire life yet I chose not to. As a child i had friends who'd swear while we were at school but even then I didnt join in b/c it was one of those things my mom explained that "only grown ups could do" so b/c I respected her I didnt do it...I still dont curse and find it a little annoying when a person's vocab. is drenched in profanity.

Now my brother was a different story, he cursed when we were younger around his friends and such (not anywhere near my mom, of course) but now he thinks it's trashy and cant stand that my mom still uses curse words.

(she tries to be a little less profane now but I guess it's just a tough habit to break at this point)

So I think it will definitely have an effect on the child but each child is different...so the best choice would be to lead by example.