My toddler swears...anyone else?

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My 2 year old DS says 'bugger', on purpose, as clear as day, because he's heard us say it and he obviously likes the reaction he gets when he says it. I find this hilarious and also very embarrassing, depending who is listening when he says it.

He also says, unintentionally:
'shite' ('light')
'tit' ('sit')
cock ('clock')

Anyone else's child swear like a sailor?

When DD2 was in Y1 she told a boy to 'Fuck off' at school. The teacher had a tiny quiet little word with me about it at the end of the day.

I said that we'd have a discussion, but out of interest had it been in context. The teacher laughed and said she'd asked a boy to leave her alone twice before she said that to him.

I then asked why the problem was that my DD had to resort to emphatic language, rather than someone not respecting her right to be left alone. I downgraded my response to 'we'll have a chat.'

DD2 then came downstairs at bedtime 3 days later and asked if 'Fuck' was a real word. I got out the gigantic dictionary-of-doom and we looked it up, discussed the meanings and chatted about using that word. She was Y3 and I said I would defend her right to use it, in context, in her creative writing work; it's just a word. She's not yet taken me up on the (now Y6)

I'm regretting posting this now. It was meant to be lighthearted

You have to warn people about that now a days. LIghthearted klaxon.

And yes, it is funny when a 2 year old says "bugger" and as for the rest, whoever said they'd be "unimpressed" at the mispronunciations of a two year old. Pull the stick out of your arse.

We were really good at not swearing round Dd when she little except once when she was 2, when I dropped my bag full of things and said 'bugger, bugger, bugger' in front of her as they all spilled out. I carried on being a model parent and we had no repercussions from her exposure to my foul language, until a few months later at a family christening when I once again dropped my bag. As DD helped me clear up the contents she loudly regaled the assembled members of our extended family with the word she clearly assumed you only use when clearing up spilt bags -'bugger, bugger, bugger...' .

We haven't really bothered moderating our language in front of DS but now he is also 2, we might have a go...

Fuck the pope

We went to visit my in laws a couple of weeks ago, their house is always cold as they're too tight to put the heating on (and no, they're not short of a few quid). My four year old walked through the front door and exclaimed "it's bloody freezing in here!"

Why is it ‘funny’ when a toddler uses the word ‘bugger’? Genuinely don’t get it. Don’t find children swearing at all cute or amusing.

And swearing is so mainstream these days that even amongst adults it’s completely lost its ‘shock factor’.

When he say bugger point to his buggy and repeat buggy till he gets the idea !
A tip from a bad Granny .

Pissing my self at fuck the pope and heil hitler.

Reminds me of a similar thread where a poster sent her Child out with her husband to the supermarket to get some chocolate. Cue child walking around saying “cock lick, mummy like cock lick” all the way round.

My two-year-old walked out the front door this morning, then turned round and announced 'it's fucking cold, Mummy!'

I'm ashamed to say I just ignored it . I felt like any reaction I gave was likely to cause a repeat for experimental purposes.

Revolting, get a bloody grip, you're a parent not a sniggering schoolgirl. Sort it out before he goes to nursery or you'll both pay for it.

Someone taught my brother to stick his middle finger up when he was two, my Mother was utterly mortified.

It’s not amusing in the slightest, it’s vile.

My DD couldn't pronounce "cant" properly and as yous can imagine shopping with a toddler shouting cunt when you ask her something was more than embarrassing 😂

I once said "fuck you" to my sister, I was 15, she was two. She didn't stop saying it for years, to everyone. My parents were livid with me

My friend has a dog called puck....
Mine dropped something one day and said ducking hell. Right context and everything. He got a reaction from everyone...well that's all we heard all summer. Best thing is just to ignore.

I left a gentle parenting group on Facebook because of a long thread about how their creative little darlings were so inventive with their swearing. Bunch of bell ends.

@longwayoff reckon it's you who needs to get a grip. Pay for it how, exactly?

Also, you said 'bloody', get thee to the naughty hypocrite corner!

My 6 year old swears. Says it all in context aswel!! He has got better recently as I've cracked down on it, but he picked most of it up from his dad 😩😩. He doesn't swear at school though thank god!!!!!

Is 'bugger' a swear word? 🤔

@00100001 Calm down!! She's hardly teaching him swear words or bad manners at that!! 😂😂

I find mispronunciation swearing hilarious, DD1 went through a stage of "cock" for clock and a few others, the best was "bullbitch!" for bullfinch. she was bird obsessed and had a load of toy birds which she proudly told everybody the names of. IT was very amusing to see peoples faces as she identified her birds and then came out with bullbitch

She's now 3 and swears in context occasionally which she's picked up from DH and I. I don't encourage it but I don't tell her off either as I'm not too bothered by it as long as it isn't said for a reaction or excessive.

I have three children number 1 screamed I love kinky in the shop ,(tinky winky) number 2 screamed at a girl calling her a whore (seriously no idea what he was actually trying to say) number three eats with a knife fucking spoon (knife fork AND spoon)

It's a pleasure to have children

I used to have trouble saying 'blackcurrant.'

accidental racist swearing

I knew better than to ever have ribena in the house!

When I was maybe 6 I enjoyed the Flower Fairies book. My favourite was the fuckseeya fairy, so pretty. It was quite a while before an appalled relative told me it was pronounced fyoosha, dear.

So it seems there are two camps here... Those who think my little boy saying 'bugger' is revolting, and those who think it's actually quite funny.

I'm happy in the latter camp.

OP bugger might slip out but why are you saying cock in front of your toddler that parroting words? Cock is a different level of swearing in my opinion. I go all day at work without swearing. Try it.

I don't say cock in front of him, not sure where you've got that idea from. (he says cock (clock) lots, though... 'big cock', 'yellow cock', 'mummy's cock' etc).

I'm a teacher so I'm very good at not swearing all day at work too, thanks.