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Quotation by Jean Callahan
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Jean Callahan (3)Additional Sources
"And Other Choice Words to Strike from Your Child's Vocabulary" Parenting Magazine (April 1990)"Single Parents" Parenting Magazine (February 1992)Related Subjects
adolescence (2) parents (2) adolescent development of girls, influence of pare (2) discipline (2) child development, parents' understanding of (1) childrearing across cultures (1) respect (1) child development (1) adolescent and adult relationships, general (1) child development, general (1)
Nothing, neither acceptance nor prohibition, will induce a child to stop swearing overnight. Teach your child respect for himself and others, that profanity can hurt, offend, and disgust, and you'll be doing the best you can...And save your parental giggling over mispronounced curses for after the children's bedtime.
Jean Callahan (20th century), U.S. journalist. "And Other Choice Words to Strike from Your Child's Vocabulary," Parenting Magazine (April 1990).
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