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 ...

Fewer than half of parents (47%) think it’s never OK for a child to use swear words, according to new results from the C.S.

Today's parents may be growing more relaxed about their children using curse words, according to a national poll.

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

A new poll from University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children's Hospital finds that only 47% of parents say swearing is never OK and children are taking advantage of the ...

Today's parents may be growing more relaxed about their children using curse words, according to a national poll.

Swearing is a 'useful indicator of emotional states,' and it's no surprise that children as young as 2 indulge. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times) The other morning, on the way to school, my eighth-grade ...

Most parents try hard to protect their children from hearing swear words, and children are often punished or reprimanded when they use profane language. The federal government seeks to protect ...

I wasn't expecting to hear the f-word from my three-year-old in the back seat on a regular Tuesday. While caught off-guard, I was probably more shocked we had made it that long without him parroting ...

I turned to the parent next to me and asked what she was going to do about all the, you know … I didn’t want to say it. The what, the parent asked. All of the swearing, the F-bombs and such, I said.

The other morning, on the way to school, my eighth-grade niece was regaling me with stories about the costumes kids wore on Halloween. One classmate, she said, came dressed as a “sexy-ass rabbit.” I ...