Tuesday, October 6, 2020

My three year old is now swearing and saying some pretty nasty stuff


Yeah it’s my fault, a little daddy too but mommy is pretty bad. He has quite the colorful vocabulary now - shit, fuck, damn, asshole and in context.Some of this is parroted from things I say (especially while driving but I’ve also snapped and said things like “pick up the damn toys now!” Or “could you just eat your fucking food.” The other day in the grocery store son yells out “YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE CAR MOVE YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE CAR MOVE MOVE MOVE!!!!” I probably looked like a psycho with one hand on my sons mouth and my head down looking at my feet while trying to walk out of that area. This was all me sounds just like me.Dad isn’t as bad but will do things like lovingly will call son a little shithead not to his face but to me. For example one time when son took a water bottle and put it under the bathroom faucet sink on full blast and flooded the bathroom and excitedly called it a “super shower.” Daddy got home from work and I told him and he called son a littleshit with him right there. So he’s picked up shithead now too.Also he’s using the words in his own way as well the other day he asked “can I have some fucking food” which neither of us have ever said.This is all recent but rapidly escalating and I also think that’s my fault too. One, I didn’t try to really actively stop swearing until a few days ago and still it’s not going good. I don’t know how to just stop and at first I laughed, then started getting mad which leads me to my second point. The second point being I don’t think we handled it right the first few weeks and now sons using swears more than ever like he’s biting into the forbidden. We would tell him “that’s a bad word only mommy and daddy can say that even though we shouldn’t” or raise our voice ect.Now that it’s painfully obvious I need to know what’s really worked for other people? I just told my boyfriend that 1.) we need to just start ignoring the swearing ASAP like no saying anything, no eye contact, no head turn, no flinching no nothing. Pretend nothing was said at all. Also that me and my boyfriend need to correct each other everytime we swear and hold each other accountable.Oh and we’re also in the middle of touring preschools and picking in the next week or so. So yeah the timing is just impeccable right? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/34LKzmH

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