re: Is cursing around your kids indicative of trashy parenting?

That’s a non starter around children if ever said in anger especially. A few well placed bombs for comic effect now and again is probably good for the bond. . Now that they are all in college it’s not a big deal and I sort of enjoy when they tell stories with well placed profanities. It just demonstrates they are truly comfortable and relaxed. I think it’s more important for the parent at any age to show some kind of restraint though.

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I don’t mean the occasional slip up like when you bang your toe on furniture or something. I’m talking about people who routinely use profanity in the presence of their children.

I think it is, unquestionably. If my parents had talked that way around me as a kid, I’d probably have grown up to have less respect for them.

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i dont think so to some extent. now if its in public and cursing at them...yea thats different

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Some of the smartest people I know curse like it's punctuation

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That’s more indicative of your definition or standard of “smartest”. I rarely hear that sort of language from distinguished people in a variety of settings.

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Some of the smartest people I know curse like it's punctuation. I also know complete dumbasses that drop "ded gummit" or wtf ever.

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You can always find outliers, but generally, less intelligent people use more profanity when speaking.

Not trashy, at all.

Swearing is an art form, a way to accentuate and refine the meaning, or force, of other words. Do you think lawyers, doctors, executives don't swear? Most of them swear like drunken sailors when talking amongst themselves. I mean, for frick's sake, they're just words!

Swearing in front of your children isn't bad parenting, it's preparing their gentle ears for adulthood. There's nothing worse than a person who never swears...it's a trait of weakness, imo. You can't be scared of words and hold much credibility in my eyes.

Did I allow my kids to swear in front of me before turning 18? Some, but I'd always throw out a "whooaahhh" or something to indicate they aren't adults yet. Now that they're grown? They cuss like sailors and I'm fine with it.

Cursing in general just tells me you aren't smart