Do you tolerate bad language from the mouths of your young children?
by 
CuriousFrank
ANSWERS: 16
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Noooo. Nor from my adult children.
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No, I'm not much of a curser myself so it's not too difficult. :)
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No, though it can be hard to explain why other people are allowed to say those things, and they aren't. I try hard not to have friends who will use such language in front of my children.
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Not at all. This is not a problem however. They were raised properly and I do not recall ever having to discipline them for using foul language. They are now 12, 11, and 9.
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No! I don't have kids, but I teach them. I know that I swear like a sailor, when I'm by myself or with adults who aren't older. But, we all have to censor ourselves in life out of respect. Me: I respect my students and will not swear in front of them. I expect the same respect. The same with my grandparents and some older family members. It's just innappropriate. Edit: Sorry. I just saw the 'your' part of the ? I don't have any kids.
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No, I never did. My youngest now is 11, and I still make them all watch their language.
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I certainly don't. It's never been an issue with my son, but I've caught my daughter using foul language online and I grounded her from the computer for 30 days. We don't use foul language in our home and I don't particularly like hearing it.
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I dont have children, but it makes me think when i hear it what type of parents they are!!! The child wasnt born being able to say 'fuck' or 'bitch' etc etc I heard a child say in a resturant the other day 'mom your a fuckin bastard' this child was still in his high chair (sorry about the language!)
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Not for a second.
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I didn't freak. I just told them it wasn't acceptable. As they grew I explained that these words were only sounds that people assign meaning to, but some people can become obsessive about these sounds and the associated meanings. For their social acceptance, I taught them to avoid swearing and making it easy to let these words slip out accidently.
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Not at all. As a matter of fact my son tells me he's telling my mom when he hears foul language slip from my mouth.
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I don't have young children but if I did the answer would be no. Even adult children. If I used that kind of language as a kid my parents would have hit the roof. I always joke around that my mom,who is gone now, had the fastest hand in the west. She could smack you in the face for language like that so fast you didn't even see it coming!!! I know all you don't hit the kid people are having fits right now but that's what a lot of parents did 50 or 60 years ago. It worked for me let me tell you. And if I DID have kids I'd probably do the same thing.
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my parents never tolerated from me or my brother. we even both got our mouths washed out with soap! but kids today seem to be another story. I don't have children myself, and I know as an adult I tend to have a potty mouth sometimes (I didn't as a kid...but I don't use such language in front of children), but kids don't just hear this bad language from other kids...they immitate their parents. There's a school lot across the street from my house, and kids play there all the time. They scream the filthiest language I've ever heard out of a kids mouth, and so loud you can hear it half-way up the street. My next door neighbors have a 2 yr old, and holler over to them to please watch their mouths because their kid, but they don't care. So many kids today don't seem to have any respect for anyone anymore....but this behavior starts at home.
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No I do not. I expect my son to be respectful.
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you should be proud of them, they are learning language that is understood by all
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Depends on the TYPE of swear word: conversational or confrontational. Confrontational is when they are swearing at or about someone. I don't allow that (nor do I allow racist comments EVER). Conversational swearing I DO allow from my kids (such as "Damn it! I broke my pencil again!" or "I really fucked up on my math test yesterday") I don't see anything at all wrong with conversational swearing if they do it at home or other places where it would be accepted (like with friends who also swear). The key is to teach them when it's appropriate and when it isn't, not ot just to make a blanket statement that ALl swearing isn't going to be allowed. I can GUARANTEE you that your kids WILL swear regularly at some point in their young lives! I allow my kids to swear "conversationally" as much as they want ...in appropriate settings.
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