There’s the judgmental anon I know and love!

Yes, I do swear around Dictator. Not excessively, but swear words are definitely part of my vernacular (and the Husband’s), so she hears a ripe word or two now and then. 

But you know what? My kid does not swear. I doubt she’d really heard the word “asshole” until last night, and she was just trying it out, just like she’s tried out “fuck” and “shit” before. And every time, we tell her that those are grownup words and that she can use them when she’s a grownup. 

She knows that coffee is for grownups, alcohol is for grownups, driving is for grownups, hookers are for grownups, etc., and she seems to accept that. When that changes, we’ll deal with it according to the situation at that time. 

Kids need to know that certain things are off-limits simply because they’re kids, and we don’t shelter her from “bad” things - we want her to be exposed to them so that we can explain them appropriately. 

Besides, it’s a bloody swear word. Who cares? That’s certainly not the parenting hill I’m going to die on.