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Parents don’t agree on when kids should swear. A new poll explores how families balance language, age, and social influence.

What’s in a swear? The world’s filthiest words typically refer to something vulgar or taboo, for one. But there’s something else swears across the world’s languages have in common. They’re all missing ...

Thinking about the use of swear words in my novels has led me to question my approach to profanity as a parent as well. Years ...

How do young children learn to swear — and why do they seem to do it at the most inappropriate moments? Recently, a group of parents have become convinced that the Minion toys in McDonald’s Happy ...

Dancing around risky language is common for many forms of on-air media. Sitcoms and family shows have been making substitutions like "sugar" and "fudge" for expletives and curse words for quite some ...

The days of washing your kid's mouth out with soap because they said a curse word appear to be on the wane-at least according ...

I thought I would die of shame the first time my daughter said the f-word. She was only two. I swear like a trooper, but I ...