Just like anything there is of course a good and better way to do it. I think there IS a creative way to use profanity so that it would add to rather than detract from any language experience.
I mean seriously. It seems like we are really trained up to think that the words have a certain power over us. Rather, I mean, not when they are used in anger towards someone, but rather as explicatives in conversation. I think they are a valid form of communication. There shouldn't be anything such as "bad" words, unless you have a way of making the words sit in the corner...
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I think that, rather than selecting a somewhat random subset of the language to classify as "bad", any word that causes another person hurt should be considered a bad word. Expletives are just words unless you use them to hurt someone. I plan to teach Zoe that anything said with a mean spirit is a bad word. No one is allowed to call anyone else "stupid" or "ugly" or tell them to "shut up" in my house. I think "the F bomb" is a perfectly legitimate word and has many f-ing fantastic uses. :-)
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