I am struggling to know how to discipline my 13yo ds who swears in front of his twin siblings.
Nothing seems to work, if I do lay the law down, he swears more, if I ignore he swears less, but, I cannot have him swearing at all in front of 5yo - my ds2 has already repeated something which was awful.
I can sympathise with ds1 when he has good reason to be cross, but I seem to have created a very verbal teenager!
I often think he copies our behaviour, but we never swear in front of the children. I have taught ds1 to go to his room if he is cross, I don't mind him coming to me and we go off somewhere to sort a problem out, but its this constant...... any simple rational instruction like turning his tv off, or coming down for dinner, its simple things that he creates at.
Sorry I know it doesn't seem a big problem, but its zero tolerance of swearing at twins school.
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'SWEARING' in front of 5yo siblings
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ZipadiSoozi · 26/01/2009 12:47
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