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Maybe it’s because of my father’s Irish parents but he had no problem swearing around me lol 😂 >

My mother would swear around us in her native language of Greek.  Nothing terrible ("skata", etc), but curse words nonetheless. >

🤷‍♂️ Everyone I know with kids curse around them... and a few let their kids curse. They're just words. >

I never swore in front of my parents and it meant that I could never really be myself around them. My kids get a free pass. It’s very liberating and leads to a lot more openness I believe. >

We know it'll happen and the kids will learn eventually, we just don't want to be the ones responsible for it. >

I absolutely curse in front of my kids (teens), and I don't mind if they do it in front of me as long as they are using those words properly for emphasis. I don't allow them to just nonchalantly drop the f bomb, and they know they can't do it in front of other adults. 
When they curse, I know they're REALLY upset about something. >

honestly, I think this is the way to do it. My old man would only get on my case about it when I was getting a little too sailor-like. Made sure I only used profanity when I really meant it. >

No no my mother and father swear around me constantly, but IM the one that can’t swear around them. >

Haha, same bro >

My teenage kids and I swear around each other. They are just words, and they get meaning across. My kids know how to code switch and speak without curse words in situations that require it. >

I mean my 2 year old is a parrot right now. She just repeats everything we say. I don’t really want her dropping curse words because we’ve said them so yeah we refrain from swearing in front of her. >

It was only overhearing my friends 11 year old daughter that I remember how blushingly obscene a little girl can be. 
I sincerely hope she knows little boys don't want to do anything to whatever she thinks that part of her body is called, even if she feels the need to diddle her cookie with a wicket about it. >

It's probably for the best. If my kid added a "fuck you"  while staring at me doing exactly what I told him not to I'd loose it. >

Loosen what? Your belt? >

Could simplify the post and say " we only curse around are own age gap and peers" >

Eh fuck off.  I kid, I kid >

yes. yet, taboo is the only remaining true organic form of birth control of the human species. >

Told my kids that there is an age restriction on cursing and they will have to wait until they are 18.. >

Age of cussent >

My dad would curse while taking me to school, and then my mom would curse while talking about my dad on the way back home after school.
This was elementary school btw. >

And "sex" is something the upper-class keep their rubbish in.