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Freaked out by your kids' four-letter words?
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When my teen recently dropped the “F-word,” I swear it shook me to my core. As she was getting ready for school one morning, I heard the words “what the freak” thundering down the hallway, jolting me awake from my early morning slumber.
Now “freak” may be an innocuous four-letter word unlike some other unprintable words, but in my house the kids are the ones who usually threaten to wash my...

