A mum -of-four has defended letting her children swear around the house after a video she posted to TikTok about her parenting style was criticised by viewers.
Casara, who posts to the app under the name @casaranjuan, made the initial video saying that she has a very "open and honest" relationship with her children.
This includes letting them swear around the house so that they can learn who they can swear around and when it's okay or not to do so.
She explained: "They know when they can swear, how they can swear and who they can swear around - and they're allowed to swear.
"If you think the worst thing your child can do is swear, then you have another thing coming."
The openness of Casara's relationship with her children is aimed at making sure they can trust her no matter what the situation.
For example, Casara said that she wants them to feel that if they go out drinking with friends and drink too much that they can feel comfortable calling her to pick them up without her being angry.
She said: "Let's face it - peer pressure is real and people can't learn unless they make mistakes or do something they're not supposed to do."
The clip showed five parenting points that are foundational to Casara's way of bringing up her children.
Another crucial point is teaching her children from a young age what sex is and about their bodies.
"We teach them everything at a very young age, that way they know what the consequences are, what the actions are, what the positive to everything is and they don't ever have to be ashamed of who they are", she explained.
But it was the point about swearing which drew the most comments from viewers who were surprised that she would allow them to swear in front of her.
The topic became so heated that Casara put up a second video to explain why she had chosen to allow swearing.
She said: "We allow our kids to swear - yes, but they don't walk around our house swearing, effing this and doing that.
"As my husband said, who even deemed swear words swear words? Like who deemed them to be bad words?
"We swear and it originally started with if my son walked by and stubbed his toe he'd be like 's***'."
The video racked up an impressive 1.7 million views on TikTok.
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