If you were on a plane, and there were kids near by..

i think its manners not to regardless if you swear a lot or not!

As a parent of a five-year-old, I would hope the person would censor him or herself...

Censor. It's good manners.

I prefer to not curse even when there are no kids present.

I prefer to not curse even when there are no kids present.

Ditto.

Of course, if one of those kids cusses me out like a little punk, I can always revert back to my sailor days.

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I have this problem when I am at football matches. I swear like a trooper, but I try not to do so in front of kids. Don't want them to pick up bad habits or to end up having their mouths washed out with soap & water like I did as a 10 year old.

I probably wouldnt say anything but my out-spoken partner would.

I never talk on planes, I just put on my noise cancelling headphones and zone out. But if I were to talk, I absolutely would not censor myself. And it would probably be to tell the parents to shut their kids up as I am trying to sleep.

My own kids tend to hear it from me (not my sailor husband ironically). However, I watch what I say around other children and adults if I don't know them well. I actually said a few mild words in front of my therapist recently. I was pretty upset that day. :explode:

I don't normally swear when I am in public or in front of anyone. I find it rude to do so. Especially if there are children nearby.

Yes.

It's very disrespectful not too..

I'm really bad with the swearing but I don't do it around children I would want my Niece walking around dropping FBombs so I try and consider the same with other peoples children.

I would anyway, not just for children.

My child is 5, unfortunately school has taught him some choice words so rather than hiding the words and making them special we've set about teaching him that it's inappropriate for a child to use those words, and even when he's a grown up there are times when it's not appropriate.

As a parent of grown children, when my children were young and someone around them could not or would not control their tongue I just told them that cursing was a feeble mind's attempt to express themselves. In other words the person in question was too dumb to know any better. My children are now adults and still don't swear much because they know it doesn't offend or shock me it just makes me question their ability to express themselves in an adult fashion.

I know I will probably offend some with this post, but manners are important and should be learned at an early age. Curb your tongue, one day the shoe may be on the other foot.

I try to censor myself. I do swear on the occasion, especially if I am angry. However, I think swearing in public is just so rude - kids or no kids!

I totally agree. I am not too young to remember a time when I could go out in public and not hear a single curse word, and now people just let them fly without hesitation no matter who's around. It's so classless. I agree with the previous poster that cursing is situationally appropriate-- with my close friends & a beer, I'm hardly prim. But I have respect for what others may not want (or want their children) to hear. It's not even that hard.