Is Profanity Harmful to Kids Early On?

There's no evidence that using profanity around kids by itself, not in the context of abuse, causes harm. Whether parents swear at home or not probably does more to create an atmosphere than it does to train kids on specific words. If you tell a child they're worthless and threaten them with physical harm, those types of language behaviours correlate with negative health outcomes.

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