For many teens, swearing is a way of fitting in with peers and trying out  adult behaviours, adds Arnall. It tends to peak in the early teen years, and then diminishes as teens mature.  So don't worry that the newly expanded vocabulary of your 13-year-old daughter means she's doomed to a life as a potty mouth.

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