My 8 year old wrote FUCK in our house dust

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AIBU to worry about my 8 year old's language or how dusty and neglected our house is (we are week 13 into renovations and building work and I work full-time). No money left for a cleaner. Please send sympathy and how to address the FUCK issue

My son wrote 'fuck' on his bedroom door with a Sharpie at the same age.Needlless to say its still there 10 years later.He's turned out to be a lovely young man , so don't worry OP

My ten year old spelled QUIM in Asda using their initial candles.

Not laughing was hard.

That is very neat writing for an eight year old and somebody else wrote it.

Punishment = dusting clearly

One minute of dusting for each letter. Almost a shame he didn't write something worse, and longer...

@Darkcloudsandsunnydays
It is his handwriting, he has written neatly since Y1. He also confessed and I believe him. Thanks for your input though!

Very mature writing.

Ignore, ignore, ignore.

He's doing it to test the water.

I would've written 'EN' on the end and 'DUSTY' underneath

Lovely neat handwriting, correct spelling, perhaps not capitalising the whole word, or was he doing that for emphasis?

I love this. Good handwriting.

I think 4 minutes dusting is appropriate. Did you manage not to laugh?

I think some people on this thread should look at examples of 8 year old writing, especially using a finger.

They aren't 3.

I found an old tape recently of my little brother in the 80's recording himself saying 'jobby jobby jobby'.

@itsmyapplepie that made me really laugh.

It's perfectly normal writing for an 8 year old!

Points for tidy fingerwriting and spelling OP! Well done DC. I'd ignore it personally. If your child hasn't said fuck until 8 years old you've done well! My firstborn was using it in context at 3. shame

As a child I had a big sheet of cardboard on which I expressed all my evil thoughts about my mother. I hid it at the back of the wardrobe, but one day it was no longer there ... no-one ever mentioned it though!

Seems legit

This thread has made me realise im going to be a terrible parent, because i cant stop laughing at most of these, especially...

my kid carved my life is shit on the skirting board I feel ya kid 😂

Doesn't it say Fulk? Maybe it was written by the ghost of King Fulk of Jerusalem.

Just saw he confessed already, so maybe he's possessed by the ghost of King Fulk of Jerusalem?

I was babysitting once and the youngest girl, 7, had given me a notebook of hers to read a story she had written.

I came across a page where she had written the following about her 11 year old brother: ‘Brother is a bloody fucking shit fucking arsehole’

I laughed so loudly! I was shocked but amused, and after a little contemplation I tore the page out to stop her parents finding it.

They were all lovely kids, and not a swearing house, so clearly just letting off steam! Really made me laugh!

I would ask them "what does FULK mean" all innocent, and see what response you get. I would pay no real attention to it either way otherwise it could inadvertently encourage it to happen again. Say you've never heard the word can someone please explain. Make no reference to it being a swear word, unless they do. Even if they say it says fuck you can discuss why it was written rather than getting cross about it. They may just be frustrated. I did think it was rather neat for an 8 year old.....if it was by an 8 year old.

Interesting style of handwriting for an 8 year old, especially with the capital letters.

Your dc can spell!
Don't worry about it.

Tell him you now have a photo of it,. Your starting a file on the computer for when he is older so you can show people....