My parents were very liberal with regards to swearing when we were growing up.

They told us that they were basically just words like any other, and we were free to use them if we wanted to. Weirdly, it wound up having the opposite effect. Since the words were no longer taboo, they had no power, and I just... never really felt like using them. :'D I get angry and upset sometimes like anyone else, and I occasionally yell at people, but I never really use swear words because I don't feel they say anything that I can't express better in regular words~