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I'm just going to go back to CM's original post. No, I do not curse. Though I have found myself slipping up a few times in recent years - hubby brought back some doozies from Korea - but we both work pretty hard to curb our tongues. I know my children have been (and will be) exposed to insulting, offensive language. I've tried my very best to make certain my kids don't spout the knowledge of cursewords at others. Of course they hear it, but not from their parents. They hear it everywhere, but the question is how to make them understand that they don't have to follow the crowd? They don't _have_ to say vulgar things just because they know how. At a local McD's there were three teenaged girls (14 or 15 at best, I'd guess) who were liberally dropping f-bombs everywhere. And loudly, too. In a play place. Mojodragon finally walked over and politely asked them if they could please curb the language around the little kids and he was applauded by four or five tables worth of parents. The girls didn't take this well and let loose another string of verbiage. Now should all of the parents present have picked up their kids and left? Some of the little ones there were too young to explain things to, so it really was the parents offense that was the issue. Most parents don't want their toddlers and preschoolers getting in trouble at daycare or preschool with potty mouth. The manager finally came in and asked the girls, politely, to leave. They protested that they were paying customers and shouldn't be required to leave. He threatened them with calling the police if they continued to disrupt our family play day and they finally stormed off - tossing a shake at the glass on the way past. I guess that's how I see cursing and curse words in general - immature attempts at attention getting. And I don't think it's age related so much as how you're raised. I'm not exactly old, and I do not curse. Nor does it offend me unless there are children involved. And then it's more of a worry about the offense of others - I don't want _my_ kids spewing their angry words around teachers, friends, or at church...
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