Help me please - swearing 6 year old

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DS has a lot of challenging behaviour - mostly down to frustration/inability to transition or self regulate & will have melt down over many things big or small. Awaiting CAMHS assessment. Anyway he shouts and says mean things and unfortunately has picked up on a swear word and realised it's a bad one and it's stuck and he has nailed the context perfectly. I've tried ignoring, telling off, warning of the consequences if he uses the word in school but nothing is working. So please please tell me how to get DS to stop saying 'Fuck off' or even better 'Fuck off you fucking idiot'. & if anyone wants to judge I get it but please know I feel fucking shit about this situation 😫.

Completely ignore it.

He will realise that once it isn't getting him any attention whatsoever he will get bored of saying it.

@HugoSpritz I'm just failing to be humorous, that's not how I speak. Yes he probably got it from us but it was never a regular occurrence and we've got it in check now (too late of course). Unfortunately reward charts are ineffective on this child!

ds started to swear at about the same age.
He didn't however had additional needs, so this might not work.

I tried all the things you've tried and nothing worked.
In the end I sat down with him, and said, very sadly, I did not want to therest of the family to have to hear the nasty words, and I didn't want his younger sister to learn them, so sadly, every itme he says it, I will have to remove him from the rest of the family.

swear = straight upstairs to your room for half an hour.
No discussion, no telling off, just very sad, can't have you with the family. Even better if the sounds of the family having a nice time float upstairs.

It took about 3 days.

I lied. I told him it was a bad word but a much worse word was Billy Elliott and to never ever say that in front of any one. So he used Billy Elliott all the time after that.

or, (but he is probably too old for this to work) do what this guy did:

2 year old had picked up a swear word, family were about to go and visit grandma. Dad waiting until 2 year old was nearby, then pretended to hit hi hand hard and said OH BUBBLES really loudly like a string swear word.

2 year old was enchanted and immediately swapped fuck for bubbles!

ha ha cross with millie - Billy Elliot is genius!

It really feels like a swear word when you blurt it out!

Billy Elliot! 😁

I told my son the f word was 'filigree'. He was appalled when he finally found out it was ... something else.

I think coming up with an even worse fake alternative would definitely work him if I can be convincing enough!