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My two rules for my kiddo:
Bingo. I will say my mum absolutely hates how liberal I am with swears in my house and around my kids. "It's not how I raised you"
I repeatedly tell her we all swear. I can't put the genie back in the bottle. What I can do is provide my kids a safe space and teach them how to understand context around swearing and when it's acceptable.
Edit - I don't understand why some people are so puritanical over words.
It's all a weird act. Kids swear around other kids, adults swear around other adults, but oh no, you can't let kids hear those dangerous swear words that they already know and use every day.
Your mom needs to be introduced to George Carlin, starting with his classic Class Clown album. The section leading up to and including the Seven Words You Can't Say on TV (at the time it was recorded in the mid 1970s) particularly addresses how words themselves are just a collection of meaningless syllables without the intent ascribed to them.
I am bestowing the word of power upon you.
Use it responsibly.
Yup, the more you tell them not to say those words, the more they'll use them anyway.
Our rule is similar. "If you don't know how or when it's appropriate to use a word then you shouldn't be using it."
Profanity is just words. Using them properly doesn't make you look cool. Using them improperly does make you look like an idiot.