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Though I'm not currently a parent myself my wife and I do intend to have kids someday. As a result I find this to be an interesting topic. I suppose that if they are quite young, say up to 5 or 6 years of age, then I might not let little Johnny or Janney view certain parts of the code. This is assuming that they have any interest in coding at that age.

However, I don't think that banning a 14yr old is the answer either. I'm sure that most children that age have heard and said the word quite often in school, or at least away from teachers and parents. Maybe the better thing to do would be to explain to the child that even though such words are used in the code (and here we define the words in question) it doesn't give us the excuse to use such language in public. At the same time the parent will have to make sure that they set the example.

At 14yrs your child is in the process of becoming an adult. I think you'd have to give your child a little more credit than simply banning them. If they feel responsible for their own actions maybe they'll behave responsibly.

I'll guess I'll find out how good this advice is, or isn't when I have my own 14yr old son or daughter. :)

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