How can I stop ds swearing?

[ColaCubs]

I'm so embarrassed!

My ds is 5 and has picked up a swear word F-off.

I have never said that in front of him and as far as I'm aware neither has dp.

He started school in September so possibly heard another child say it and found it funny.

How can I stop him saying it? I have told him it's a naughty word but he finds it funny. The more I tell him not to the more he says it.

Put consequences in place for saying it.

I swear quite a bit around my DD (9) and consequently she thinks swearing is embarrassing and uncool so never does it. Win win for me!

I’ve told you before it’s not a nice thing to say, if you say it again there will be no TV/iPad/early bedtime/play date etc

Try ignoring it? If you tell him off every time he may be doing it for attention.

I would try completely blanking it when he says it, no response or acknowledgement at all. See if removing any reaction takes away the fun of repeating it and novelty wears off.

Granted, this tactic is definitely trickier to pull off in public.

If it persists I would deploy a suitable punishment, at 5 he is old enough to know that he's misbehaving by swearing.

Grey rock, no emotion, flat bored voice saying "no treat/tv/ipad today " or whatever he is into.

Repeat every single time

Ignore it - once they know it's "naughty", they'll do it for a reaction.

I work in childcare and when a child swears we will tell them it's not a nice word and to not say it etc but if they keep saying it we tend to just not entertain it and ignore it. They soon forget to keep saying it because they're not getting any attention from it. It's like when people tell their child that they're naughty, the child will do more things that are naughty because that's how they've been labeled and they are getting attention from doing things they shouldn't be. If you keep telling a child how good they are, how helpful they're being etc they'll be more helpful and good things because they're getting attention in the form of praise. Children do anything for attention.

Ignore ignore ignore.

If you think that’s bad my 5 yr old picked up the C word at school. I asked him what he meant and he said he didn’t know so I told him it was very offensive to women and also that he shouldn’t use words when he didn’t know what they meant.
You either ignore your son using the word and hope he is doing it for effect, so he will stop. Or you put in place a forfeit eg he loses some pocket money, a toy he likes or device time, every time he uses it.