Do your DC age 9/10 know most swear words?

[ihateyoutube]

Just that really. Tonight my son age 9 and I were watching Outnumbered (he loves it) and swearing came up. There was a joke about the ‘K’word, and suddenly my son said he knew what it was - so I asked him and he replied c.
I was really really shocked. I didn’t expect him to know the word at all but it turned out a girl in his class had told him earlier this year. I’ve never heard him use it and it was clear he didn’t know what it means but said he understood it was very rude and not to be repeated.
Can’t quite grasp it tbh and feel strangely upset but maybe I’m being naive as to what kids actually know at this age. If it makes any difference, we live in a city and he goes to a large but academic state primary. All his classmates seem streetwise and I get that city kids maybe grow up quicker.

We are a pretty non-sweary household

My 9 yr old doesn’t know any “proper” swear words - he says things like “it sucks” because of the YouTube videos he watches, but doesn’t seem to know anything much worse than that, despite being at a large state city primary (not through lockdown).

We’re very careful not to swear in front of our kids. I know they’re going to hear it from other people, but so far so innocent...

Mine are 8 and 6 and don’t know any. DD and I were in a bookshop about a year ago and she came up to me looking genuinely shocked and said “Mummy, there’s a book over there with a REALLY rude word on the cover.” I had a brief internal panic before she whispered “It says fart!” I was quite impressed by her innocence - we try not to swear in front of the children but don’t have a spotless record. They haven’t picked up on even the mildest swear word yet though - and I’d be shocked if they knew that one.

DS thought the C word was "crap" at that age. I just agreed with him and changed the subject. About the same age he thought the F word was "fart".

Mine are teens now but I remember when dd was about nine and ds was annoying her, she said "I wish I knew some swear words to call you." So I don't think she knew any at that age! I think it's when they go to high school they get exposed to it.

Dd 10 doesn’t really know any swear words, she still thinks ‘bum’ is rude 😂. Older dds don’t use swear words so she doesn’t really hear any, no doubt she will when she goes to secondary school.

Yes quite a lot
DP has a potty mouth and I'm always shouting at him to tell him to watch what he's saying around the kids as I can't stand hearing kids swear.
Luckily DS (who is 10) knows that they are swear words and knows never to utter them at all.

My 10 yo knows them from school, you tube, out and about. He knows they are not to be used in front of me or a school and that there will be consequences but he is teetering on puberty and desperately wants to establish himself as a more grown up lad so is pushing the boundaries. So long as he gets the idea of appropriate context I can't really mind too much if he knows them. They're just words.

No, mine is 8 and didn't know any. I am glad to hear she's not in the minority!

I'm sure he knows them, but I've never heard him say worse than 'crap' and that was only once or twice!

I think they probably know them all by 10. Don't worry because my two are 18 and 15 and don't swear at all 😇
I know this because I've witnessed their friends joking about the fact they don't swear and jokingly trying to get them to swear. They have no need to lie because I've let the odd swear word out now and then.

Yes my 9 year old knows swear words, he doesn't use them as he knows they're grown up words but he certainly knows them!!

DS1 (9) tends to favour juvinile insults like NAPPYFACE!!! when he's having a good rant.

He is aware of swearing. He accidently swore by sayjng "shitty kitty" playing around with words. He did ask what "cunt" was in yR and I let school know as that one is not family vocabulary. He's heard me swear in the car and I have fobbed off that I said "Oh bucket"

I'm realistic about it. Having swearing as your main form of expression is not healthy, but it's good to understand its existance and when to deploy it.

I quickly learned in secondary school that expressions like "buzz off" just weren't the right league any more.

My 9yo definitenly knows a fair few swear words as I am a bit sweary. I have no issue with myself or the kids swearing in exasperation (which remarkably they don't!) but I absolutely will not tolerate them using unkind words to or about others or mysoginistic language. On the rare occassion ds has uttered a swear word (always in exasperation) I have not responded or acknowldeged it because any kind of reaction would prompt him to repeatedly do it. He knows not to do it in school though!

Mine knows them all but I’ve never heard her use one. She knows that’s only for the football (and then when we’re not in the family enclosure) 😜

Nope. My 9 year old thinks pants is a 'rude word'!

Yes, 9 year old knows all swear words except exceedingly rare ones, she almost never swears other than when an adult would (ie something seriously "bad" happens and there's a need to release anger)

Certainly her peers also know swear words, they have been known to discuss it, some parents don't believe it though and the kids pretend not to with them because it's so taboo for them.

No mine didn't at 9. Unfortunately, they certainly do now ...

Mine are 10 and at 9 probably didn't but appear to be picking them up now. Not sure where from - maybe the odd word from tv, some from the kids in playground some when dh forgets himself (we are both pretty sweary but I have never done so in front of my parents and dh doesn't either so v good at turning it on and off).

Makes me sad and they are pulled up massively on it. The other night I put a load of washing on dd1s bed and she muttered 'oh shit'. She got a roasting and loss of tablet time.

Mine doesn’t know the c word but knows others. It’s pretty normal I think, tv, kids with older siblings, gaming etc. I’m confident they don’t use them but they are aware there are bad words etc.

My 7 year old knows most of them. Exh is a bit of a potty mouth. I'm not keen on swearing but I can't do much about it. DS doesn't use the words himself.

Mine picked up a good selection of swear words when they moved to junior school (so age 7). By 9/10 I would guess they probably knew most of them!

DS is 11, he’d heard them all by age 10. It came as a shock to me but actually I think it’s better that he’s heard them now rather than going to secondary school having never heard the F word and feeling terrified by the kids who use it (hello me circa 1992!) He doesn’t swear (at home at least).

I remember being really shocked when DS then aged 4, came out of Reception class one day shortly after starting school and asked me whether "fucker" was a bad word . No idea who taught him that one but wish they hadn't.

Yes, my youngest (6 probably knows them all. We swear a lot in general conversation to be honest, but the kids know not to say swear words. I doubt he would know what some of them were refering to though. I'm sure my 11 year old would though.