‘If you think the worst thing your child can do is swear, then you have another thing coming’
A mum has sparked debate online after she revealed that she allows her children to swear.
The woman, from the US, revealed in a TikTok that if her kids swear, she’s “not going to correct them.”
In the video, titled ‘5 things we allow our kids to do as parents of 4’, Casara (@casaranjuan) says she has a “very open and honest relationship” with her four children.
She explains: “They know when they can swear, how they can swear and who they can swear around – and they’re allowed to swear.”
She goes on to say: “If you think the worst thing your child can do is swear, then you have another thing coming.”
It’s a good point in fairness.
Casara goes on to explain how if her kids are out drinking with friends and ask to be collected, she will always pick them up and then discuss what happened the next day.
“Let’s face it – peer pressure is real and people can’t learn unless they make mistakes or do something they’re not supposed to do,” she said.
@casaranjuan We have a very open & honest relationship with our kids #ReTokforNature #MessFreeHero #parents #parenting #parentsoftiktok #parentingtips #parentsbelike #moms #dads #momsoftiktok #dadsoftiktok #momlife #momtok #parenttok #open #honest #parentinghacks ♬ original sound – CasaraNJuan
She also told her followers that children should not feel pressured to “kiss you, hug you or hang around you if they choose not to,” that they should not be pushed into higher education, and that she teaches her children about sex and drugs at a young age.
It was her stance on swearing that sparked the most debate though, with almost 5,000 people commenting on her video – both complimentary and critical.
She later posted a second video to talk further about the topics.
In this clip she said: “We allow our kids to swear – yes, but they don’t walk around our house swearing, effing this and doing that.
“As my husband said, who even deemed swear words swear words? Like who deemed them to be bad words? We swear and it originally started with if my son walked by and stubbed his toe he’d be like ‘s***’.
“They’re not walking around swearing up a storm. It’s just if they say a swear word or something, I’m not going to correct them!”
The post was captioned: “Don’t worry about what others think of YOUR parenting. You know what’s best for you and YOURS.”
Well, if Casara’s kids are reading this, then here’s a treat for you: brush up on your swear word knowledge and become little Malcolm Tuckers with our definitive ranking of every swear word under the sun.
You might fucking learn a thing or two.
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