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3 year old picked up a swear word

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dadadadathatslife · 30/07/2017 19:08

My DS 3 just said "fuck sake"

I actually feel like the worst mother in the world.

Please cheer me up and tell me other things your children have said/done that's made you cringe.

Also, how do you get them to stop saying it???

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dadadadathatslife · 30/07/2017 19:09

I should add that I don't where he's got it from!!!

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SpottedGingham · 30/07/2017 19:11

We trained my daughter to not say fuck by giving her a fork every time and pretending that we thought she had asked for one.

JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff · 30/07/2017 19:11

Gingham that is genius!

TiredMumToTwo · 30/07/2017 19:12

My son at 2 1/2 said "fucking hell" in front of my parents, in context, I was mortified. Next time he said it, I over reacted, took a favourite toy away & explained I never wanted to hear bad words again. To be fair he's now 10 & don't think I've ever heard him swear since!!

HighwayDragon1 · 30/07/2017 19:12

Pre-school teacher tells me

"Today we were talking about SH words, she was doing really well, ship, shot... Then she said (then mutters shit)"

Me to DD "Oh, oh, well, ok, that's not a nice word is it sweetie?"

DD "but you say it all the time"

I literally wanted the ground to swallow me up!!!

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dadadadathatslife · 30/07/2017 19:13

Oh goodness you've made me laugh! I know it's not the end of the world but you try your best then they hit out with "FUCK SAKE" and you just think...."FUCK SAKE!" too Blush

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Natsku · 30/07/2017 19:14

Mine picked up 'shithead' from the neighbour children at 4yrs old (definitely not from me because she picked it up in the local language). I told her its not a nice word to say to/at people (which was how she was using it) and otherwise tried to ignore it and she eventually got bored of it.

mirime · 30/07/2017 19:15

DS went through a phase of calling me a slapper very loudly Blush

It was because he'd grabbed my hand and tried to slap himself with it.

yawning801 · 30/07/2017 19:15

I read somewhere that someone told her DC that Father Christmas cried every time they said insert profanity here. Not sure if it worked!

cheesydoesit · 30/07/2017 19:16

My mum was driving my DD (2 1/2) and shouted 'fucking wanker' at someone who cut her off only to hear a little echo of 'ducking 'anker' in the back seat. So it could be worse! Wink

cheesydoesit · 30/07/2017 19:18

Oh and she told (complete with mime) that I had wiped my bum when we went to the toilet while out shopping.

SpartacusSaiman · 30/07/2017 19:19

Ds once shouted 'god what an arsehole' when someone pulles out on dh. And said "dad always calls people arsehole when the make him break'

Tbf dh was very ashamed Grin

Winifredgoose · 30/07/2017 19:19

During my son's first week at nursery, the teacher told me he shouted in a role play "I can't find the keys for the bloody Nissan"

NoFuckingRoomOnMyBroom · 30/07/2017 19:20

DS fucking loves the word Dickhead as do I which is of course where he has picked up the word... Blush
I just ignore him as he's well aware it's naughty-seems to work as he only cracks it out on special occasions nowdays.

tigerdriverII · 30/07/2017 19:21

Oh gosh, when DS was little he went to a CM, a lovely woman who had become a great friend. However, one day, when he was about three, I was picking him up and their dog committed some misdemeanour or other. There were lots of people there and everyone was saying : Oh Rover, you are a naughty boy. Until DS piped up with: you naughty bugger.

Lovely CM was shocked and asked Tigercub where he had got that language from. It took an eternity for him to raise his eyes, crane his head round and beam at me Blush

MissHavishamsleftdaffodil · 30/07/2017 19:24

Yup. Pointed out a caterpillar to sweet, innocent little three year old, who not only looks closely but says in awe struck tones "fuck me....."

Liadain · 30/07/2017 19:25

I once had to call a parent into class to talk about a child (about 6 at the time) who was developing a habit of swearing in school...

Parent was the indignant type, "my child would never swear, how dare you, she's a child for God's sake" blah blah.

We brought in the child, who said yes, she had said it, and immediately started defending herself with a very long list of the times she'd heard her mum say it and thought it was ok...

I've never seen anyone leave my classroom so quickly Grin Grin

alibongo5 · 30/07/2017 19:27

When my son was about five he told me that on the first day of term the class had been discussing class rules, one of which was "no swearing". Intrigued, I asked him if he knew any swear words. He very sweetly said that he'd whisper two that he knew so that his little brother didn't hear.

"shut up" was the first one. Which I thought was very sweet but solemnly agreed it wasn't a nice thing to say.

"And what's the second one?" "Fuck off" was the answer! As far as he was concerned, they were on a level!

Pinkponiesrock · 30/07/2017 19:35

I went through to our living room which my DD had made a complete of and said 'who's made all this mess?!'
DD looks square at me and says 'some fucker' Shock
I'm very very guilty of muttering to myself 'which fucker has made all this mess' or 'what fucker used all the milk'! Didn't realise anyone could hear these mutterings though, I just ignored it and said 'oh right,yes erm, shall we just tidy it up then?' and made a mental note to stop muttering profanities!

RedStripeSorry · 30/07/2017 19:43

Dd has a vast vocabulary which I've made big efforts to tone down. Dh literally says fuck or fucking in every other sentence so it's an uphill struggle.

I'm training her to say 'cor blimey' at the moment as an alternative.

MeganChips · 30/07/2017 19:48

Someone cut me up once when driving and my then 18 month old shouted "Arsehole!" from her baby seat. I was mortified, she now finds it hilarious.

DonaldStott · 30/07/2017 19:50

Dd was watching a montage of pugs on YouTube. All seemed fine. Popped to the kitchen whilst she finished watching the short clip.

Later round at mils, she asked her great nan what a bloody wanker was as a man had said it to his pug on YouTube.

I was mortified. Luckily great nan saw the funny side.

LloydColeandhisCoconuts · 30/07/2017 19:55

Thanks to my (D)P my DS says fuck too many times for my like. Today he said to me "where the fuck is it?" DS not DP! Angry DP spent the morning looking for his phone! DP is nearly 3!
I really hope he says it infront of MIL!
I am able to bite my tongue when it comes to extreme profanity Halo but my DS does say "bloody" now and then. My fault I'm afraid! Blush

ObviousChild · 30/07/2017 19:57

Pinkponiesrock That is the funniest thing ever. I think you can excuse yourself for the profanities on the basis that it made this comedy gold.

vikingprincess81 · 30/07/2017 19:58

I've been known to mutter 'prick' if some wanker in a shiny 4x4 that's never been off-road in its life one cuts me up.
Cue my then 2year old calling dh a prick over the dinner table later that day! Oops! Grin
He's now older and like to talk to me about ARSEnal football team and telling me 'catCH IT' when he throws something my way. The word shih tzu amuses him more than it should too Wink

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