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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Neale suggests that, for neurodiverse children and adults, swearing is an impulsive behaviour and cannot always be avoided. “Sometimes, for children who are neurodiverse, it may even be beneficial for ...

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.