Is swearing in front of children acceptable these days
25 August 2006, 04:42 PM
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Is swearing in front of children acceptable these days
Is swearing in front of children acceptable these days?
I mean its far more acceptable and more widely used on TV, and more and more people seem to swear at the slightest things these days
But is it accpetable and good to swear in front of young children so that they learn the words and start using them themselves?
It is something i try and avoid doing, but I know some that don't and think it is perfectly normal to talk with almost every other word a swear word in any conversation
When I was young I was always taught it was bad to swear, and we would have our mouths washed out with soap if ever caught swearing
In all the years growing up I dont think I have ever heard my parents swear, with the odd exception of **** or bloody hell etc etc, even now some 30 odd years later, you dont hear them swear, nor most people their age
I mean its far more acceptable and more widely used on TV, and more and more people seem to swear at the slightest things these days
But is it accpetable and good to swear in front of young children so that they learn the words and start using them themselves?
It is something i try and avoid doing, but I know some that don't and think it is perfectly normal to talk with almost every other word a swear word in any conversation
When I was young I was always taught it was bad to swear, and we would have our mouths washed out with soap if ever caught swearing
In all the years growing up I dont think I have ever heard my parents swear, with the odd exception of **** or bloody hell etc etc, even now some 30 odd years later, you dont hear them swear, nor most people their age
25 August 2006, 04:43 PM
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Depends what you call a swear word now, alot of stuff is used daily which I wouldnt class as swearing but 20 years ago you would have been rollocked for saying it
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25 August 2006, 04:48 PM
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I think if your a half decent parent, you'd hate it if your kids swore, my lill uns 6 and she hasnt yet, im waiting for the day to come which it surely will.
However, there are a lot of scummy people out there who dont care if they do swear in front of their kids...you can see from looking at their parents there going to be the "new" lawless youth of today in 10 years time.
However, there are a lot of scummy people out there who dont care if they do swear in front of their kids...you can see from looking at their parents there going to be the "new" lawless youth of today in 10 years time.
25 August 2006, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by RMA26
Gene, WTF have you been hiding?
I haven't (and won't EVER) have any rug rats..... eeewwwhhh.... no thanks.... horrible little bags of sh1te..... crying, snotting, sh1tting, farting, burping, puking, little nightmares.........
I value my sanity, sleep, friends, bank balance and LIFE too much to play the 'let's start a family' game....
I mean, just imagine the fecking smell..............
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25 August 2006, 05:07 PM
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If you can't find a suitable "proper" word then don't say it.
Sorry, having a bad afternoon.
But I abhore people who use bad language in front of children, no excuse at all.
Yve
Sorry, having a bad afternoon.
But I abhore people who use bad language in front of children, no excuse at all.
Yve
25 August 2006, 05:28 PM
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No, It's not acceptable.
Children should be sheltered from it whilst at home, they'll get to hear enough of it once at school, for gods sake lets protect their innocence untill at least
then.
Rob
Children should be sheltered from it whilst at home, they'll get to hear enough of it once at school, for gods sake lets protect their innocence untill at least
then.
Rob
25 August 2006, 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by davegtt
Depends what you call a swear word now, alot of stuff is used daily which I wouldnt class as swearing but 20 years ago you would have been rollocked for saying it
I dont agree with it, and think it is appalling that children of 5-6 years old know them, and hear them and then come out with them themselves, knowing that they are swear words and still use them on occasion
26 August 2006, 12:25 PM
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Never sworn in front of my 2 little ones. Even words like stupid and bum have been replaced with silly and bottom.
Not very nice seeing my friends kid at 5 saying **** and bloodyhell all over the place
Not very nice seeing my friends kid at 5 saying **** and bloodyhell all over the place
27 August 2006, 05:38 PM
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It is a matter of standards of decency. Ask yourself whether you like to hear a young child swearing. Nothing to do with modern society as to whether it is acceptable. What is in itself wrong don't make a right.
I personally think it is dreadful to hear that sort of thing.
Les
I personally think it is dreadful to hear that sort of thing.
Les
