Does hearing your parents swear affect you?

Nine-out-of-10 parents use bad language in front of their kids, according to a new survey.

Some kids said they found it upsetting hearing their parents swear, and lots of them said they had asked their mums and dads to stop.

Others said they had started using words they shouldn't, because they had heard their parents say them!

Bad example

But we want to know what YOU think. Do adults who swear set a bad example, and do you find it upsetting?

Perhaps you think it's unfair kids get told off for swearing, when they've learnt the words from their parents.

Unfortunately this topic is now closed but there are Comments pages on other subjects on the main Chat index.

Your comments

"I hate hearing people swear as it has become so common that it is almost like a part of our culture, which is absolutely shameful. Young people, in particular, should not swear and neither should the parents as it influences their children."

Anna, 13, Inverness, Scotland

"Hearing your parents swear, makes you feel unhappy because it looks like they're not getting on."

Aaron, 9, Durham, England

"I think if parents swear around you, you're going to pick it up. It doesn't make you feel good when you say this stuff, it's just bad language."

Ryan, 11, Newcastle, England

"My dad swears in front of me and I don't think he should swear at all!!"

Holly, 10, Sheffield, England

"My parents do swear but I don't because I'm not stupid enough to use vulgarity to others. Yet my older brother and younger sister do."

Mary, 11, Cambridge, England

"My parents try not to swear in front of me and my brothers but sometimes the occasional word slips out. When I was younger and I didn't really understand that they were rude words I used to repeat them."

Amy, 12, Bournemouth, England

"My mum only swears if something really goes wrong, like the computer deletes all her work, but my dad swears for England."

Fai, 13, Surrey, England

"I don't take much notice, I didn't even when I was little. I've always known they were bad words I and never repeat them."

Catalina, 11, England

"My parents don't swear a lot and when they do I don't take much notice and I just know not to use those words."

Lauren, 12, Aberdeen, Scotland

"My parents don't swear but my friend's parents do and I think that if you hear swearing you are more likely to use it when you are older!"

Hollie, 11, Blackpool, England

"I don't hear my parents swear much, even when I do I would never use bad language. As long as other children know that then I think it's not too much of a problem."

Melissa, 10, Devon, England

"My parents don't swear around me but I don't think any adults should swear."

Benjamin, 9, Glasgow, Scotland

"I don't like it when my mum swears, so now I have a swearing box. Every time she swears she has to pay me 50p."

Chanise, 12, London, England

"I think that if the parents use bad language in front of you you're more likely to use it all of the time."

Kathy, 13, Liverpool, England

"My parents never swear even when they're furious. If my brother ever swears he gets told off, so no swearing goes on in our house."

Jenny, 11, Sussex, England

"Hearing my parents swear makes me stressed and I end up copying their language when I am angry."

Sarah, 10, West Midlands, England

"My parents swear a lot and so now I know a lot of rude words, I said one of them in school and my teacher shouted at me. It was not pleasant."

Mayella, 7, Liverpool, England

"I think it does affect you in lots of different ways. If you hear your parents swearing then you are more likely to, and swearing is not a good thing to do."

Jenny, 12, Coventry, England

"When I hear my parents swear it upsets me. This could be a bad influence on kids."

Charlotte, 10, Norwich, England

"I don't like it when people swear - my mum does it all the time and I hate it."

Jess, 15, Cornwall, England

"My parents do swear in front of me but I don't mind because they're just words."

Amber, 10, Newcastle, England

"Most of the people in my school swear and my parents sometimes do as well, so it doesn't seem as bad."

Gerry, 12, Belfast, Northern Ireland

"My parents don't swear in front of me, but our neighbours do. I don't swear because I know it's not right - swearing shouldn't have been invented in the first place!"

Katherine, 9, Glasgow, England

"My mum swears when she stubs her toe or burns her finger but that's it. She apologises to me afterwards and reminds me not to copy her."

Alexa-Grace, 13, Devon, England

"I think it does affect me because it is teaching me bad language. I ask my parents to stop. When my dad gets in from work he plays the Wii and he swears if he makes a mistake."

Kerry, 10, Glasgow, Scotland

"I think it sets a really bad example. My mum says that people only used to swear when they were actually angry, but now people swear all the time."

Katie, 10, Sheffield, England

"I think that it's annoying when my parents swear because they're meant to be teaching me what's right and wrong."

Molly, 9, Oxford, England

"I think it's really unfair if my parents tell me off for swearing if they do it themselves."

Taslima, 11, Norwich, England

"My mum and dad tell me off when I say bad things - but they get to swear. It is so unfair!"

Amy, 10, London, England

"I admit I swear, but not because I've heard my parents do it. Lots of my friends influence me to swear."

Victoria, 11, Buckinghamshire, England

"My parents will only swear if they are really very angry. I think swearing in front of kids sets a bad example!"

Helena, 11, London, England

"Sometimes, because then I say the words in my head, then I'm swearing, and I don't mean it :("

Chloe, 11, Bedfordshire, England

"My parents swear sometimes. When I was young it really affected me and I couldn't tell them to stop. Now that I'm nearly in secondary school, I'm used to it and it doesn't affect me at all. They only swear if they have made a mistake."

Nahida, 11, London, England

"My parents swear around me, but they only started after I'd reached a certain age, because we all hear worse things at school and around town as well. It's not really my parents influencing me, as I try not to swear anyway, but don't have a problem with other people if they choose to swear."

Ryan, 15, Birmingham, England

"I don't like it when my parents swear, it makes me really upset and I think it influences kids to use bad language too."

Charley, 11, London, England

"I suppose parents swearing can have an effect on kids, especially younger kids, because if they hear it more then they are more likely to say it. Luckily my parents don't swear much, but I don't swear anyway - swear words are just rude."

Meggie, 13, London, UK

"My mum and dad don't swear around me so it doesn't bother me! The people who swear are some students in my school! That's where I hear all the swearing!

Kate, 12, Ireland

"I don't care that my parents swear, everyone swears and even I swear sometimes."

Hinna, 12, Surrey, England

"I know swear words, and I learned them from my parents."

Andrew, 8, Glasgow, Scotland

"Well from my experience, I probably swear more than my parents and they always tell me off. Sometimes they do swear in front of me, but they don't do it that often now."

Matthew, 13, Gateshead, England

"I think it is wrong for adults to swear in front of children, as it sets a bad example for others around them."

Lindsey, 12, Newcastle, England

"When I hear my parents swear, I guess it makes me more relaxed. It sort of allows me to use the same language."

Sarah, 11, Leeds, England

Parents swearing when you're not around is fine - but if you are around it is a BAD example because we could go and repeat it - but I think most children know bad words anyway!

Kirsty, 11, Surrey, England

"It only makes me upset sometimes, but I mostly just ignore it."

Anisah, 10, Edinburgh, Scotland

"My parents swearing makes me really stressed. It affects me by making me want to swear at others."

Joe, 11, London, UK

"I don't like it when my parents swear because it makes all my family unhappy."

Conor, 10, Hertfordshire, England