A century-old New Jersey law bans parents’ habitual use of profane or indecent language around kids [Eugene Volokh and followup]
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by Walter Olson on June 18, 2009
A century-old New Jersey law bans parents’ habitual use of profane or indecent language around kids [Eugene Volokh and followup]
Tagged as: family law, free speech, New Jersey

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What’s next, jail time for using the wrong fork, or not knowing what a finger bowl is for?
“Emily, honey, how come you’re in foster care?”
“Daddy hit his thumb with a hammer, and shouted out a bad word.”
I suspect I would be serving life without parole on this one.
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