LOL, when my BS15 got in trouble in school a few weeks ago, he was accused of mumbling profanity under his breath at a teacher. My son INSISTED he did no such thing.
I looked at him and said "Dude, I am willing to bet a million dollars that you dropped an F bomb or 2 and didn't even realize it."
That mumbling got him a 3 day suspension.
I would NEVER say that "my kids don't", because I know that I DID when I was that age and they are the spitting image of ME.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You're so damn right here. If these "holier than thou" parents would stop putting their precious babies up on a pedestal and think back to when THEY were kids themselves, maybe then they'd stop with the fantasies of "perfect children" and remember that ALL kids do this shit. It's a fact.

My DD15 - she knows not to lie to me but guess what? Caught her in a lie last year. My DD15 knows I know she swears. I told her as long as she's not being disrespectful to anyone, I don't care about some cuss words flying out of her mouth.

She's talked back to me a total of 3 times. IN HER LIFE. She now knows better.

She whines when she's tired, hungry or PMSing, she's never really had anyone to tattle on (she's an only child), but she's screamed and broken rules and trashed her room in anger.

Does this make her a bad kid? Absolutely not. It makes her NORMAL and me HONEST!

Agreed. I see parents at SDs' school do it, I read about parents here saying those things (both step and bio), heck, I even hear relatives and friends make those remarks.

Little do many of them know that I have seen their kids do otherwise when they are not around.

People who make such claims need to have their heads pulled from their a$$es.

Ugh ss8 has gotten into a really bad habit of lying. It's driving me screaming up the wall. He announced he was getting out of the bath last night two minutes after he got in. I asked him if he washe off with soap. He said yes. I said there's no soap in the bathroom how did you wash off with soap? His response: oh. About twenty minutes later dh came in the house fuming. Apparently ss had colored on the back of the seat of the car with a pen. His response: it was an accident . No, eight year old child, it was obviously not an accident. This is my newest pet peeve. I cannot STAND lying. He has also been moody and crying about everything lately, even at school. But that's a whole other "thanks a lot bm" issue that he now needs counseling for per recommendation of the school counselor. Behavior issues, brought to you by bm. Sigh.

I have no children, but I have heard several of my friends say "my child wouldn't do that" to which I have responded oh yes they will and that makes them normal. Kids will always push the boundaries as far as you let them and most certainly when you're not looking.

My favorite line was one from my sister, she couldn't believe that my nephew had a few beers on the night of his high school graduation, she was flabber-gasted. Her exact words to me were "I thought I raised him better than that", better than what was my question for her. He did exactly what thousands of other young people were doing after their graduation, he was normal.

I remember some of the crazy stunts I pulled as a young person, I'm just glad I made it thru, and that I didn't hurt myself or anybody else along the way. So I'm kindly quick to point out to them, yes you're child will do that and probably already has.

I think my kids are fantastic and honestly am very thankful I have the kids I do, but you know what sometimes my own kids are assholes. They lie and get punished they tattle and get punished they break rules don't always pick up. My oldest is sometimes very selfish my youngest will steal our food without permission and they get punished. Sometimes I will override SO when he punishes my kids because he A. Way overstepped and punished as a bully tactic or B.punished in a manner or for something I would of done different. But for the most part they screw up they get punished. I still wouldn't trade them.