Parents who constantly swear at their kids

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I hate it. The frequency of swear words could make children think that they are acceptable words.

Was in a Coop and two mums with 4 kids between them and one of the kids (guessing 5 years old) swore and the mum screamed “stop fucking swearing” (the irony). Then every third word the mum said was a swear word.

Do you think parents should be swearing like this to their kids?

Well if a husband did it to a wife everyone would say LTB.

But children can’t leave.

I can't stand parents who aggressively swear at their children. I'm not talking about one offs. I am talking about everyday constant swearing. It is emotional abuse. I knew a DC who was sworn at first thing in the morning, every morning. Funnily enough DC grew up and uses horrendous language towards his parents now. The way they speak to each other is utterly vile.

Total difference between swearing at and around. My parebts swore a lot but myself and brother did not as children and not until we were much older adults. My older teens swear a lot and its not seen as much these days and just word, using words at someone is different, but same as calling someone stupid etc. swearing is much more common now .

We come from a place swearing is just a part of the everyday language. We don’t swear at our child, but bad language is used by us & all of our family in conversation. It’s not rude or abusive.

Depressing, eh?

I swear really quite liberally at work, and in adult social situations, and when driving alone, and in WhatsApp chats, and....

But I don't think I've ever swore in front of DS7, and wouldn't thank others for doing the same. And I'd judge people who do so in front of other children of a similar age.

I don't like swearing at or around young children at all. I don't mind the odd swear around teenagers, but not swearing at them. I like swear words to be used for comic effect with teenagers and adults. I don't like aggressive swearing.

Heard my neighbour call his 3 year old a nasty little cunt once... called social services.. they said the family are known to them.. shocker.

It is awful and is verbal and emotional abuse. Imagine what is happening behind closed doors of that's the version of herself she's portraying in public.

Near me we have 2 households that frequently shout and swear at their children. The children also frequently swear as well.

Examples, 6 years old runs over to his mum and she tells him to f off (I reported this to the NSPCC and other instances).

At 6.15am another household, mum was saying shut the f up, f you, f off to a 5 year old.

All the children in these households are neglected, poor supervision, poor behavior ect. It's indicative of the level of overall care and love

It is, rude vulgar and I would avoid you lot.

The word being used in the quote I referenced was “shit” , the word that the friend who worked on the farm used. It was specifically that word that I asked about. I asked if the friend used the word shit as a swear word or as a descriptor. I was asking a question, and I’d be interested to know the answer. Personally, I don’t think it is swearing to say that I’ve stepped in dog shit. That’s what it is. If the friend said “oh shit”, then that would be swearing, though of a pretty low level sort. In your examples, I think that people do use the words as you’ve described: crude language, but not swearing imv

Yet these parents have no issues with conceiving as the one of the mums in my first post was guessing 6/7 months pregnant.

I agree with the lack of love and care.

For me it's the hypocrisy - although I don't think my Dad ever swore AT me as a kid he was forever swearing in front of me, I probably learnt all my swears from him.

When I was about 4/5 he THOUGHT I said a swear word in the car once and hit the absolute roof. I was shocked and confused about why he'd blown up with such aggression because I hadn't sworn at all but he didn't ask me to clarify what I'd said, he just misheard me and blew up.

A few years ago I was in the swimming pool changing rooms with my daughter. I heard a parent let rip with the foulest tirade of language I'd ever heard directed to a child - the F word, the C word - you name it, that wee boy had it shouted at him.

The following Monday morning I met our new school PSA - the same woman!!

Surely the problem in this scenario is the neglect not the language. The assumption that the two always go hand in hand is just that - an assumption.