Clitheroekid wrote:
I still also avoid swearing in front of children, though it seems that it's now commonplace amongst children, far more than it ever was when I was a child, no doubt because they're exposed to it so much more, both at home, at school and in the media.
We were always swearing and trying out new words, often without having the slightest idea what they meant, but they were very much limited to the playground, and of course the consequences of being overheard by an adult were very much more serious - and potentially painful - than today.
I've always hated swearing and support the zero tolerance approach on TLF, though there are a few colleagues at work with whom I enjoy a nice 'fruity' conversation at times, though in a jokey way.
I always remember our eldest as a teenager about to put on a DVD he'd bought, and when I said I might watch it too, he gave me a concerned look and said "You shouldn't watch this, Dad. It has a lot of swearing in it".
Steve