My two year old picked up a naughty word from Daddy, Will scolding him only make him do it more?

Answer 1

Being punished for it worked on me. I did the same thing at that age. Word to the wise, some people may find this amusing. Try to keep them from showing this amusement in front of your child because it'll encourage the behavior.

Answer 2

At 2, he doesn't know what he's saying, he's just repeating what he's heard someone else say. Don't scare him or make him feel bad about what he said. If ignoring the bad word doesn't work to make him not say it anymore, try explaining to him in a way that he can understand that that word is not acceptable or a "no-no". Don't make too big of a deal about him saying it, you don't want him to realize how much attention he's getting because he said it and want to keep saying it because of the attention. Be consistent in how you react to him saying it too. If you tell him one time that it's a bad word or a "no-no" and he can't say it and the next time, you ignore it, he'll get confused.

I don't know if it's cute to you or his Daddy (it usually is the first time or two but not after, hopefully anyway). But no matter how cute or funny it might be, DO NOT laugh or smile when he says it. It will only make him want to say it more. If he keeps saying it even after you tell him not to (which he might for awhile), tell your family and friends or anyone you're around a lot what he's been saying so they're not surprised and laugh when he says it. It does sometimes seem "cute" or funny when a child says a bad word, but if he sees people laughing or smiling when he says it, he'll like the attention he's getting and will keep doing it. If he says it when you're around others and someone laughs, just pick him up and take him out of the room so he won't get the attention from that person. Good luck!

Answer 3

I hope you are talking about scolding the Daddy. Children only say and do what has been seen or heard. Just tell them that is not nice to say and let's pick a different word.

Answer 4

Scolding him might confuse him, why daddy can say it and he can not. Try to explain to him instead. My son just turned three. He hears daddy say a lot of words that I would rather not be said. However, we have been telling him that, when he repeats unwanted words, that those are "mommy and daddy" words and not for him to say. We have been working on it for a while now, and whenever he hears anyone say bad words, he will tell them that those are bad words and he can not say them.

Answer 5

no, I"m sorry, but you lead by example. You can tell your kids a million things, and punish them to the end of the world, but if you or your husband don't believe it, neither will your children. They won't buy the "do as I say, not as I do". Actions speak a whole lot louder then words. If that word is not repeated, there is a huge chance that your boy will forget about the whole thing. No, I wouldn't scold him. It would be saying alot if your husband admitted to the boy he said it, and that was bad, and he didn't want "junior" to say it either.

Answer 6

well i say scolding a child for saying a naughty word everytime the child says a naughty word, isn't always going to make them stop, even laughing at them when they say a naughty word doesn't help. a cousin of my boyf's, has a boy that is 6 yrs old now and when i first met my boyf's cousin, her son was 2 at the time, and he was very very very bad with swearing, and his mother basically let him swear, she would laugh at him and even tell him to swear at someone, but if he swore at her, she would scold him for it and he would just keep swearing. I have a daughter that is lamost 3 yrs old and she knows a few swear words, cuz i have a bad potty mouth, but when she would say a bad word, I just tell her that it wasn't nice to say it and that i shouldn't have said it, and if she says it again, i lightly pop her in the mouth to let her no that i ment business and she knows enough not to swear at me or anyone else, one good thing i never laugh at her or constantly yell at her if she swears, so i think this is why she doesn't swear all the time!

Answer 7

I think you should tell your 2 year old that it is a bad word and daddy was very naughty to use it. Then I think you should ignore it. He will probably use it again to watch your reaction he doesn't know what it means it's just a word to him

Oh yes and give daddy a bloody good whack for being so thoughless......only joking

Answer 8

Its only normal that they repeat such words so just ignore it. Dad needs a talking too!! I have a perfect example. When my 12 year old was two, my husband took him with him in the car and someone pulled out in front of my husband and he called him a di**khead. My two year old sat up in his car seat and said "I want to see di**head!!" Im sorry I missed it. But the kid does not say a bad word ever. Just ignore the words and they will think its no big deal.

Answer 9

Yes. Scolding him will only draw *more* attention to the word. You should ignore him when he says it and pretty soon, (as long as he doesn't hear it again or often), he should forget it after seeing no reaction. Toddlers love attention so if you show no intrest in him saying this word, he'll find it boring and not use it again.

Answer 10

If your child or children heard a parent say foul words, they get the idea it's ok. Kind of hard to punish someone when the example is set by a parent. Be the person that you would want your kids to be, not just telling them.