The first time Byrne heard her child swear was in a busy restaurant when her family was on holiday. Her daughter, 2½ at the time, was unhappily trapped in a high chair.

I always seasoned my vocabulary with as many four-letter words as 50-cent ones, at least until my first child was born two years ago. Go ahead, curse in front of your kids - Los Angeles Times ...

Your Kids Are Going to Swear So Here’s How to Deal With It. Posted: May 16, 2025 | Last updated: May 16, 2025. Swearing isn’t something we necessarily champion our children to do and with the ...

It’s a merging of trends: Children swear more than they did a generation ago, but also: since more women entered the workforce, more women swear in public. Consider it a byproduct of gender equity.

The other morning, on the way to school, my eighth grade niece was regaling me with stories about the costumes kids wore on Halloween. One classmate, she said, came dressed as a “sexy-ass rabbit.” ...

RESPOND RATHER THAN REACT. What parents can do is minimise the impact of this exposure on children’s behaviour. They can do this by responding rather than reacting to their children’s swearing.

Why children start swearing. Research has found that children's vocabulary of swear words expands rapidly from ages one to two, to ages three to four, in parallel to the general explosion in ...

Swearing in restaurants, ‘acting up’ – why I wouldn’t change my beloved teenager with Tourette’s. As a mother, I find myself icing bruises on the back of her head and tending to wounds ...

As the famously foul-mouthed Gordon Ramsay promises he doesn't swear around his children, experts explain the impact of using curse words around kids.