My 2yr old son had heard a swear word,from a family member and he says it all the time. Ive tried so mant things to get him to stop but he still says it!
2006-11-13 12:39:11 · 8 answers · asked by heather150662005 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Ignore it. If you are giving it a big reaction, then you are probably encouraging it.
OR....make up some other really silly word and pretend it's forbidden. "Don't EVER say goomba!" If you play that up, you may get him distracted with the word that's really OK.
2006-11-13 12:47:13 · answer #1 · answered by momma2mingbu 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
With my 3 yr old I just calmly say "we don't say that word". And I drop it. Every time he says it.
He picked up S.O.B. from my dad. So I said we dont say that. We say son of a gun.
The other day he heard my dad say it again and he says.. Grampa We don't say S.O.B. we say son of a gun!
It was actually kind of funny. But it does go to show that he listens to what we say.. in more ways than one!
Not laughing the first time you hear him say it is the big thing.
Don't acknowledge it other than saying we dont say that and he will eventually lose interest.
With my oldest daughter I pretended that I didn't understand what she was saying.. Every time she said it I would say something else that kind of sounded like she said and then change the subject. She was 2 and would say the f word.. But when she said it it sound like fox. At the time Fox and the Hound had just been re-released. So I would say.. No honey we cant watch the fox and the hound right now and then change the subject. It didn't take long for to stop saying it.
Good Luck!
2006-11-13 21:26:26 · answer #2 · answered by mommy of 4 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My 2 yr old is the same way but we started a game with him and started using other words for that word and he liked it and started using it. We told him big boys don't say things like that. Children pick up everything from people, they will eventually stop saying it... it also depends on ur reaction that u give him when he says it
2006-11-13 21:23:26 · answer #3 · answered by passionfire2k4 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This happened to me with my daughter she heard it at preschool. We tried ignoring her and that didn't work. We put pepper ( just a little ) in her mouth straight after she said it and she was not impressed and we told her that every time she said a bad word we would put pepper in her mouth again. We left our daughter for a few minutes before giving her a glass of water. She has not said the word again.
2006-11-13 21:00:13 · answer #4 · answered by Mel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ignore him. I mean it. The only thing that is keeping him doing it is the attention it brings. A 2 year old can not attatch any significant meaning to a swear word. He is doing it because you keep reacting to it.
2006-11-13 20:47:15 · answer #5 · answered by Just Me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tell him that it is a bad word and he cant say it. if he does tell him that he is in trouble and take away something. i also saw this on a show, you can let your child say the word a lot and then they wont want to say it any more. sit down with them and tell them to say the word as many times as they want, after that they might not want to say it any more. i havent tried that, but it might work good luck!
2006-11-13 20:58:59 · answer #6 · answered by JennyJen91 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would tell then never to swear around him again. Try substituting the word for him, eg not F#$% you say fun or do not say shi# ....its sun try changing the word for him and then get him to repeat it over and over again. Hope that helps.
2006-11-14 02:03:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ignore him and the word. The bigger a deal you make out of it, the more he'll say it. He now knows it gets your attention. Ignore him
2006-11-13 20:43:15 · answer #8 · answered by twotaters 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋