We’re always told to get into the habit of stopping the use of swear words when we work around young students -  to “watch our language.”

Most scenarios that involves a slip here and there, is usually followed by a kid with a shock look or a comment along the lines, “omigosh, he/she just said the ‘S’ or the ‘F’ word!”

This hasn’t happened to me with elementary or middle school kids yet, but I can imagine that I would feel guilty/bad about the slip up and apologize right away. However, I would probably not think to realize that someone must’ve already accidentally taught the kid the word through some other means in order for the kid to recognize the word. If the kid recognized it, then it wasn’t me. :) I am starting to get the sense that if the kid already knows the bad word, then the parents/guardians are using their mishaps to find a scapegoat and temporarily taking the weight off their shoulders. Unfortunately our society is attracted to the blame game, which implies that I would be force to still feel guilty for such actions. I guess my point is, it aint all so bad if you accidentally swore in front of a kid who already recognizes the word. so chill the fck out.  :p