The "Cool Parents"

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 Today, my 11-year-old came home from school and told me that my husband and I were voted "The cool parents."  I laughed when he said that and asked what that meant, and he said it meant we were the less strict parents of all of his friends and among other reasons,  that we "let him say swear words."  🙊

This might come off as a shock and controversial, but My husband and I both feel, that they are only words and yes, they have the ability to hold tremendous power depending on the context, but our rule is, if you say a swear word in or out of this house, it is NEVER allowed to be said in anger directed towards someone else. EVER. PERIOD.  They also may NEVER EVER swear at or around a teacher, another parent, or adult. EVER.  Those rules are imprinted into our children's brains, and if they break said rules, then yes they will have major consequences.  Nothing drastic of course,  but that kind of behavior is 100% not OK with us.  

I don't want you to get the wrong idea, it's not like our kids are walking around swearing all day long at home, they're not saying "hey mom, what shit are we eating for dinner tonight?  OR "Shit, I don't want to go to dance class today."  That shit is totally not happening here. (sorry, couldn't help it. 😂) All kidding aside, if it became a problem, we would have to reassess our stance on letting the occasional F-bomb slide.  

The way we see it, it's silly to expect that they are never going to say a bad word, I mean, what better word is the F word when you've stubbed your toe? I'm not going to punish my kids when they need to scream out a word, that actually has been scientifically proven to help take away the pain... no joke, if you don't believe me, read this: Why the #$%! Do We Swear? For Pain Relief.  


I know that some of you may not agree with me on this, and that's OK! I totally understand, and respect that we all have different parenting rules, and limits on how we raise our kids! I wasn't allowed to swear growing up.  I still remember the look on my Dad's face when I said the word "Fricken." His eyeballs popped out of his head, and that wasn't even a bad word! 

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s long as our kids are respectful of the boundaries that we laid out for them, hearing a passing swear word now and again doesn't bother me. 

Thanks for Reading! 

Cheers,

-Mom Sassy

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