My wife and I have agreed to disagree on some smaller areas of raising kids. The big issues we agree on and I suppose that's the more important issue. It's the smaller topics that seem to create the most havoc. Here's an example...I am a big believer in teaching kids about the real world and my wife goes more towards protecting them from it. When it comes to swear words my wife doesn't want the kids to use them (I agree), but the difference is that I teach the kids new swear words and what they mean. My philosophy is they need to know what the words are so they know what they are hearing and what is right and what is wrong. If your oblivious to it then you could repeat a word you heard and not even know it's bad...until it's too late. It started when my boy was four and gave me the middle finger. He didn't know it was bad. He saw another "adult" do it and thought it looked cool. Now, I haven't mentioned the "F" word yet because the concept is still over their head. They know what the others are though and know not to use them. We have a quarter jar in the house which is fairly empty, thank God. If I even say "hell" a quarter needs to go in. Tough crowd!