To be annoyed that my 5 year old now knows the F word!!!

[StandAndBeCounted]

So my 5 year old tells me that a boy in her class, with no problems, got her in trouble with the teacher for saying fuck!!!
That is not a word we use at home in front of the kids and to my knowledge she never even knew that word existed so I believe her when she says she didn't say it.
I was just gutted to even hear it come out of her mouth!
I know the boy in question uses this kind of language a lot because he's been targeting my friends little girl and when she spoke to the teacher she said sadly she thinks this little boy is hearing this language regularly.
Whilst I feel for the boy and realise its not his fault I dont want my daughter exposed to it!
I spoke to the teacher, but its a class share so the teacher I spoke to wasnt the teacher present for the incident. She said she would talk to her and get back to me.
Realistically though .... Nothing can be done about this can it?

I just taught my DCs that some words can offend people and to use words appropriately.

We might all now swear at home (as a joke, the words have never been used in anger) and it's been funny at times, but my now-teen DCs don't swear at all in front of others, they've learned appropriate use.

There's no way you can realistically prevent children hearing and repeating the words, at least initially.

I remember when I was about 4ish, being put to bed by Dad and asking him what a bugger was as I'd heard the word. He just kindly told me it was a word some people found rude and not to use it in front of others. It happens.

I remember the time, as a child maybe about 7-8, I used the word 'Twat' in front of my mum. I'd seen it as graffiti asked what it meant and was told like twit, when someone is being an idiot. So next time I wanted to say my sister was being annoying I said twat. The look and sound of horror on her face made me realise perhaps I'd got it wrong...

Broadening vocabulary is trial and error. Don't panic just deal with it :-)

My child landed on Mayfair playing monopoly and exclaimed 'oh bullocks!'. She's seven....

My eldest (9) knows them all, would not say fuck but had definitely heard both his parents use it. Almost everything else is fair game, at home. He would never EVER swear in school but if he drops the occasional 'oh bugger' when he stubs his toe or loses at scrabble I don't really care.

Seven yr old is aware of some of the milder swear words, my five year old maybe knows bugger.

They're only words. Used appropriately, in context and without offending anyone, they're brilliant words. We're lucky that swearing is so wonderfully expressive in English. I'd much rather my kids swore in context at home, than used some of the awful derogatory language I hear used in schools every day which are not swearing.

Stands back and awaits a fucking roasting.

This brought back memories - when my son started school his vocabulary expanded quite a lot. My MIL was looking after him and my DD one afternoon and he tried out his new words on her best friend - very frosty atmosphere when we picked them up!

probably better to just teach her that those words are not appropriate to use. There's not really a lot more you can do about it

I just tell my kids that those type of word are 'adult' words and children shouldn't use them.

I admit I've used a few swear words in front of the kids over the years.

Just wait until they go to a holiday club and come back a tell you a racist joke they heard from another kid there
Unfortunately, we can't police the whole world.

Wasn't aware bugger or sodding were "bad" words. I'm assuming its because they stem from buggery and sodomy which are both awful things? I wouldn't bat an eyelid to a kid saying it but then it wouldn't register as any different than saying "oh fudge" etc.