For about 8 years I coached soccer at a local parks league.
I’ll never forget one spring when I have about 220 kids and had them all organized into 5 on 5 games with the help of the kids on my team.
I’d walk around and supervise as my kids would instruct and referee. During one game I heard one kid yelling very foul language and blew my whistle and stopped play. I called the foul mouthed kid over and told him NO ONE speaks like that on MY pitch.
His mom came running over and protested that he had Tourhetts.
I told her I didn’t give a damn if he was on fire if he yelled the f bomb again either he or the other 219 kids were off.
I never heard the kid swear again.
“His mom came running over and protested that he had Tourhetts.”
While it’s true some people with Tourhetts will compulsively swear - I don’t think other children should have to be exposed to the language.
When one child’s disorder causes harm to another child, a parent shouldn’t force the issue.
But if the kid stopped swearing, chances are good he didn’t have that problem to begin with.
When I was growing up there was a member of our church who had that problem - you wouldn’t believe the vulgar words I used to hear if we sat too close to him on sundays!