Swearing in front of Gc.

We don't swear in front of our grandson even though he is 17. DH rarely swears anyway. I have a Russian visitor called Buggerov sometimes just between us two.

Nope. Seldom swear myself but certainly wouldn't do so in the company of my GC.

I've worked in 3 tough, inner city British schools. I was told to 'f off' on a daily basis. And I was a popular teacher!

One British colleague at one of the posh international schools I've worked at, said in amazement at the end of the first week over drinks, 'No one's called me a paedo!'

Himself was at a football practice earlier in the week at the local grammar school pitch with our Boy Wonder aged 9y.

He got talking to the school caretaker. He said ‘language by the kids is something terrible these days’. He had apparently seen one of the parents collecting her son and had a dog with her, on a lead. He pointed out that No Dogs we’re allowed on the school premises. Plenty of notices etc. Her son walked up to join his mum as she was saying ‘oh it’s just for two minutes’ etc. He asked her politely not to do it again.

As she walked off with the dog, the boy leaned in to the caretaker and said “F**k Off”.

He said that’s what it’s like nowadays.

When my Mum was teaching she gently reprimanded a child, saying, "Nice people don't swear."
"Me mam does, Miss," came the reply ??

We would never swear in front of our five year old granddaughter, nor any other child.
Children have an uncanny knack of repeating things at the most inappropriate moments. Our granddaughter is a great mimic and my son sent us a video of her impersonating me, she had me down to a T. I am even more careful now!

It becomes a problem, when the language is repeated in school or nursery and other parents complain. Rightly so!

My thoughts Maw why in genealogy ???
But no I think that’s a horrible expression that your grandparents used
I don’t think I swore in front of my kids or grandkids although I do on my own and a bit at work sometimes

Genealogy?

I don’t blaspheme either, being a Christian. Even before I was a Christian, it never seemed right, and didn’t do it.

However, the odd ‘ bloody’ comes out here and there by accident. S.d it, and s..t etc. Nothing really offensive...so no F’s or C’s.

So far, nothing has been repeated that I know of. We know they probably hear worse at school...but it’s up to us to maintain good etiquette if that’s the right word.

I wouldn’t do it. Never swore in front of my son until he was well into his teens, and then pretty mild. I don’t blaspheme and never have.

We don't swear in front of our grandchildren, no
Children seen to have an uncanny knack of picking up 'unusual' words
We are very careful about that kind of thing and I think the parents would be justified in being annoyed if the children repeated words like that