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Is this acceptable 6 yr old behavior?

Paintcrisis's picture

Submitted by Paintcrisis on Mon, 01/09/2017 - 8:13am

Long time, no post.

But I have a burning question for you.

Is it acceptable for a 6 year old to say 'go eff yourself' and call names like 'a-hole' and 'effer' to your siblings? Is it a good excuse to say they don't know what they are saying and don't mean it in that context so just ignore them?

And if you think it's ok to excuse it like that, how does school work if they go to school and talk like that? Can you excuse it somehow in that situation too?

This is for Children with no medical/developmental issues. . .

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Acratopotes's picture

Submitted by Acratopotes on Mon, 01/09/2017 - 8:21am

nope not okay - poor parenting I agree lol....

try and get some real hot sauce and if you swear you have to have a bit of hot sauce.... that's how we punish our little potty mouth children

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Submitted by DaizyDuke on Mon, 01/09/2017 - 8:26am

Not at all OK, I have a just turned 7 year old and he has never uttered one of those words or phrases. Now he hears them from time to time from DH, but still knows that HE should not speak like that. And when DH says "ass" or some other forbidden word, BS will actually chastise DH about his language.

It's learned behavior. 6 year old is learning these words and phrases from an adult, is using these words and phrases and not receiving any kind of correction, so either a. he doesn't know any better and feels it's OK or b. does it knowing it will get a rise, to get attention

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Submitted by Maxwell09 on Mon, 01/09/2017 - 9:44am

I find it appalling when kids talk like that even if they're substituting the real swear word with something else. If they know how to form it in a sentence then they know enough of what it means. We don't let SS5 say that kind of stuff in fact up until last week he thought Ridiculous was a bad word. That being said there's a lot of kids he plays ball with, one in particular, who's parents-both sets, allow him to say "ass" and "shit". They laugh it off but it only took SS5 one time to repeat it before DH made it clear to them all it was trashy for kids who can't even spell these words use them towards one another.

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Submitted by Paintcrisis on Mon, 01/09/2017 - 9:57am

She learned it from her parents, I guess. Considering she didn't have any interaction with other people until she went to school, I'd say it's safe to blame the parents Wink

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Submitted by IslandGal on Mon, 01/09/2017 - 6:41pm

Chilli powder is the answer. I cannot stand hearing young kids swear..it just shows no class, no respect and poor form. Unacceptable. I learnt from my Mom how to nip this in the bud. My eldest (34 now), called me a dumb bitch when he was 5. This because i sent him to bed early for throwing his dinner on the floor.

Lordy me. Instead of throwing him head first out the window, I grabbed the chilli powder and put a bit on my finger..then on his tongue. "aargghh!! it buurrrrnnss!" Oh you better believe ut burns ya li'l punk..and the next time he swore in front of me, was around 16. He had tonnes of hw and wasnt happy..I walked past and heard him mutter "eff this"..I said "What??..what was that??" He turned bright red and looked at me sheepishly.."sorry Ma..no chilli please..I was havin a moment". I stared at him and we both burst out laughing.

Chilli! Chilli! Chilli! That spicy bitch will help keep your kids mouths clean.

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Submitted by uofarkchick on Mon, 01/09/2017 - 7:00pm

I prefer soap but I'll be giving your chili powder method a shot if needed. It took one mouthful of soap to put an end to dirty names but just in case there's a slip...

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Submitted by ChiefGrownup on Wed, 01/11/2017 - 10:49am

Very poor parenting. Disgusting.

Now I can use some blue words I am no pristine national park. But I am an adult. And I adapt myself to my environment. Will I use those words in a room full of co-workers from whom I learned them? Yes. Will I use them in a room full of polite company? No.

Neither DH nor I have ever used them around skids. Never.

Those parents are creepy and have no vision of what life will is like outside of their own homes. Kids getting punished at school? Can't picture it, don't care. Kids being left out of play dates by appalled neighbor parents? Can't picture it, don't care.

Disgusting.