Mum is OK with her son's swearing as long as he has good and kind friends
Constance Hall has been applauded and criticised in equal measure by the internet for some time.
The Australian mum and life blogger has a host of 'queens' who watch every move, and hang onto each and every word.
And while we're big Constance fans ourselves, her latest statement has left us in a bit of a bind, and we're not quite sure how we're feeling.
The Queen admits to swearing a lot (Constance not Queen Elizabeth), but she doesn't swear at people – simply using the words for emphasis.
And, quite rightly, the mum-of-four doesn't allow her kids to use bad language – something that was instinctual to them rather than taught.
"My kids have never sworn; they know: 'Mum can [but] we can't'. I barely even needed to teach them that, it was instinctual," she explains.
However, quite recently the mum-of-four's son, Arlo, has begun to swear or 'drop bombs', something he thinks is cool because his friends do it too – but it doesn't phase Constance that much.
"Does it bother me? Not much, meanness would bother me more," she said.
"I certainly don't encourage it, [I] have pulled him up on it and he appears to have stopped."
While a part of us completely agrees with her – it would most definitely hurt more if we thought our children were mean – we're still not sure if the swearing wouldn't bother us much either.
On one hand we consider ourselves chill enough to go with the ebb and flow of parenthood… but on the other we'd be pretty strict about good manners too.
Now we totally understand that a swear word comes out every now and again which can't be avoided – something that we believe is all part of the learning process – but should we be OK with the use of bad language?
Probably not, but not everything is black and white in this world.
In fact, Constance's reasons for being a little more relaxed on the subject is something that has made us think – and she's kind of right (in a way).
"Arlo is reaching an age where his friends have a greater influence on him then I do, he copies them, loves them dearly and gets empowered by them," she wrote.
"But what we can do is teach them how to recognise qualities that we respect.
"Point out, 'how kind was Charley lending you his drink bottle?'"
Continuing, she said: "So while it's important to say 'don't swear it's not cool' it's equally important to teach your kids to strive to find friends with similar moral codes to your family.
"That way when they do ignore you and run off with their mates, they are in good hands, maybe cheeky ones, maybe sweary ones, but good ones none the less."
And it couldn't be more true; we all crave for our children to have the best of friends, as friends are a very important part of their development.
However, while we totally understand Constance's point, we also feel that just because other kids do something, it doesn't mean our children have to do it too.
We'd like to think our kids are able to create their own path, choosing not to swear when someone else does – call us old-fashioned but we just think it's good manners.
Do you think we are being old-fashioned? Would you be OK with your young children swearing, even if it's just for emphasis? Let us know what you think.