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I'm guessing you're not a parent... Learning about a word is not the same as using it appropriately. Swearing is fine, but there is a time and a place for it,

I'm guessing you're not a parent... Learning about a word is not the same as using it appropriately. Swearing is fine, but there is a time and a place for it, and children are not well equipped to know when that is. And whether you agree with it or not, in most cultures, any kind of swearing by children in public is considered extremely rude and reflects poorly on the parents. The simplest solution is to teach children that yes, these words exist, and adults use them but children should not. That teaching is much easier when the parents limit exposure to swearing in media and other day-to-day life because children imitate what they are exposed to.

xyzzy_plugh 4y ago
What's the time and place for swearing? I'm not sure there exists any middle schooler who doesn't swear like a sailor, let alone a 13+ year old. Swearing in isolation doesn't hurt anyone. There's much worse things that can be spoken. It's much healthier to encourage children to not conceal things around their parents. Teaching them to censor themselves is counter protective to an open, trusting dialogue.
- throw_m239339 4y ago
  > Teaching them to censor themselves is counter protective to an open, trusting dialogue. Teaching them kids to behave publicly without resorting to profanities at every opportunity is the best thing a parent can teach their kids if the goal is to prepare them to enter professional life. It's about self-control, not censorship. Any idea or opinion, even the most controversial ones, can be expressed without resorting to vulgarity. It's anything but counter productive, quite the opposite. If the price to pay is some random youtuber getting less ad revenue then it's a very small price.
  - encryptluks2 4y ago
    Right? Kids need to learn to communicate without profanities. If they can't do it, then they are going to have far worse problems and likely already do.

xyzzy_plugh 4y ago

What's the time and place for swearing? I'm not sure there exists any middle schooler who doesn't swear like a sailor, let alone a 13+ year old. Swearing in isolation doesn't hurt anyone. There's much worse things that can be spoken. It's much healthier to encourage children to not conceal things around their parents. Teaching them to censor themselves is counter protective to an open, trusting dialogue.

throw_m239339 4y ago
> Teaching them to censor themselves is counter protective to an open, trusting dialogue. Teaching them kids to behave publicly without resorting to profanities at every opportunity is the best thing a parent can teach their kids if the goal is to prepare them to enter professional life. It's about self-control, not censorship. Any idea or opinion, even the most controversial ones, can be expressed without resorting to vulgarity. It's anything but counter productive, quite the opposite. If the price to pay is some random youtuber getting less ad revenue then it's a very small price.
- encryptluks2 4y ago
  Right? Kids need to learn to communicate without profanities. If they can't do it, then they are going to have far worse problems and likely already do.