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My kid was an early talker, and at daycare at ~15 months dropped something and said, clear as day, "OH SHIT". The adults thought it was hilarious. We had thought we had more time to clean up our act, oops. But she's now 7 and doesn't swear like a sailor, so somehow we course-corrected!

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That's encouraging! I'm counting on this arc to be ours as well.

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Eh, I figured it’s better they learn stuff at home than on the mean streets of elementary school. At around 2 1/2 years old, My now 19 year old said, appropriately & in context after asking nicely multiple times “Daddy, read the Fucking book”. We thought it was hilarious & never looked back.

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I decided to try to moderate my language when, one stormy day in the car, I heard this 2 ish year old melodic little voice saying “It’s pissing down with rai , Mummy.” I reckoned my mother would actually kill me if my son came out with that in front of her.

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My daughter, a month and a half behind Juniper, felt the need to repeat my telling the cat to "fuck off" after his persistently annoying attempts to steal her cheese. I couldn't help but laugh, and it made me less irritated with the cat. At this point, it's cute, but eventually, her saying "oh shit! What happened??"🙀 when she intentionally knocks over a tower of blocks is gonna be inappropriate for preschool. If she wants to tell the other kids Valentine's Day only exists to stimulate the economy, go for it!

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