Kathy Hedberg of the Lewiston Tribune comments:

A family reaches an important crossroads in its development the first time a child speaks a swear word.

Until then, the child is still an innocent baby; needing his mama and daddy to shield him from the vulgar, cruel world out there.

But when the first expletive is uttered - as it was recently when my 5-year-old grandson, Henry, who was having trouble getting the cap off an ink pen said: "That (expletive) cap" - the gig is up. That cold, cruel, vulgar world has invaded the sanctity of our home. More here.