Hell, is up with swearing! See this sweet little girl in the photo. She doesn’t look like she would have a potty mouth, but she does!
Yes, I’m going to point the blame finger. I’m going to point it right at my husband and his potty mouth.
I’ve never sworn a lot. Ok, I swear sometimes, but it’s not normally the F word or S word. I normally stick to Damn and Hell.
Now that I think about it I say Crap a lot. Wait, is Crap a swear word?
One of my favorite sayings “What the Hell!” This has now become a favorite of my 3 year old as well. *smacks self on forehead*
So now what? My husband made the mistake of laughing at her for the first few times she said it. Crap! So now she say’s it as part of her comic routine. Double Crap!
So our next step was to correct her for saying a ”bad” word. This really confused her. ”Why is it a bad word Mommy?” What do you say? “Well honey, there’s a list of words that society has deemed inappropriate and rude.” ARGH
Now this isn’t the first time Lil L has used a curse word. Once when someone stole my parking spot she replied “Mama, say damn it”. *again smacks self on forehead*
There was also the time that I baked really bad brownies and she insisted on trying on. My husband ask her how they tasted “F@#king awful Daddy”. The proud Daddy response with “Well at least she’s using it in the right context.” Really Dude? You are not helping the situation!
There are so many theories on this sort of behavior. Some say ignore it, others say time out, and then there are those extremes methods. Do kids still get their mouths washed out with soap?
So now we’re at the point where she’s gets put in time out or at the very least corrected for saying a bad word.
Oh and while we’re on the subject of swear words, what do you consider swear words? Are you kids allowed to say Crap, Fricken, or Shoot? How about Butt? When I was a little girl living in South Carolina I actually got paddled in school for saying butt. I wasn’t even calling someone a name. I was talking about a monkey’s butt!
How are you handling swearing in your house? Any particular brand of soap I should be using to wash her mouth out with?
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You sooo beat me to a post about this! *CRAPPERS YOU BUTTHEAD* *s* Right now we are fortunate…stupid is the word that will get us into trouble…#lilboo will rip us up a new one for using. On the lighter side, with me, daddy-o the master f-bomber in the house…I would say we have been VERY lucky on the selection of words #lilboo has NOT used. I tend to watch myself….as much as humanly possible…..I do fail though….hell I’m only human.
Peas Out!
~daddy b.
My husband is a HUGE #fail when it comes to watching his mouth. haa haa! I totally forgot! Stupid is a bad word too. We have a problem with Lil L also saying “That’s just DUMB Mama!” Great!
I love little Ellie! She can say whatever she wants to . Lexi says “cap, cap, cap.”
Hahahahahaha! cracking up! I can definitely see her saying these things and I am fearful of what I have to look forward to. The comment on the brownies is epic!
oh, great is this what i have to look forward too? yikes…mine is 2. thx for stopping by my site!
It’s a rite of passage — they all do it! Lily prefers my husband choice of words the B$%C* word. I can not stand it!!
Only because I know your husband, your daughter and yourself did I laugh so hard I almost peed. Well, I am pregnant so I really did almost pee. Okay so
1. As a parent of 2 school age yet still really moldable children, we try really hard to no swear. It happens. They see it on tv, they hear it. If they hear the B or S word I always say “sorry guys, that was a bad word. Please don’t ever repeat that.” or I call it a “gross” word. They seem to understand the comparison gross pretty well. F is pretty rare but it happens. I only had each kid say it once and they were repeating a story. We made it VERY clear they were never to say it again. So now little man says “Mom, this kid said a bad word. He said the REALLY bad word I can’t say” So he gets it.
2. Yeah, your um…DH really needs to realize that Lil L is such a smart cookie and is watching everything he does. She looks up to him and if he does it, it’s right as rain. Maybe you should put him in time out more often, see how he likes it. Or there is always soap in the mouth. Maybe on the toothbrush?
3. Lastly, just do your best. She will learn what the boundaries are and if she sees you displeased she will pick up on that. If you can’t change the other half of your house influence, just make sure you are good to go and she will be okay.
Oh and “dang it” are allowed in our house but “What the…” anything and “boobies” for whatever reason are banned. Don’t get me started on that one.
Oh, Ellie you did NOT say ‘F*&%ing awful’…I don’t believe it!
Well, if it makes you feel any better..I have a potty mouth…and Peyton was not but a year old when she would purposely drop things on the floor and say “Chit” yes, that’s how a 1 yr. old says SHIT! Now she knows the long list of words she is not supposed to say and can ramble them off for you if you’d like…and YES she gets her mouth washed out with soap if she uses them! So does Preston, but he gets it for ‘dirty talk’ he loves to say “poopy butt pee pee” …I tell them if they are going to use potty talk then I am going to clean their mouths out like the potty!