People give me crap for letting my kids swear, and I'm sick of it.

I'm the mother of a 9-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy. Every single time I mention that I let them swear in the house and (sometimes) in front of their friends, other parents go berserk on me. What's the point of guarding them against swear words when every kid is going to learn about them eventually? You can't keep them precious and innocent forever. For me, it's fine as long as they're not doing it in school or in public.What's the big deal if my daughter said `shitʼ in her bedroom when she hit her foot against the bed? She never says it in front of teachers or any other adult for that matter. Just because she said it loud enough for you, my anti-vax sister with no kids, to hear -- doesn't mean that she's suddenly Lucifer in disguise and I'm teaching her to be a thief.They don't make a habit of it, they don't say it in front of friends with stricter parents, they don't swear at their siblings or at me in arguments, they're fine. They're completely fine. You don't have to monitor me and call me a bad parent just because you overheard my son saying a boy from his class is an asshole to him.Like goodness, I understand swearing isn't a good habit but why does everyone demand I yell at them when they swear? I think, "Hey, you shouldn't use that kind of language around [Person]." is absolutely enough for a forth grader not to repeat it. No punishments are needed for simply saying a word. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2YL96r3