4 year old is swearing - picking it up at creche?

[Mollydoggerson]

So in the last week my four year old son has said:

'It's fucking freezing', as we were walking past the freezer aisle in Lidl.

'Fuck it', when i dropped a bowl of popcorn.

At the freezer aisle I asked him where did he hear that, and he just went quiet and sorta skulked off. He was trying out the words, they didn't really come out naturally.

The fuck it comment was properly placed and said with correct intonation.

He is definitely copying this from somewhere and tbh, I think it must be the creche. I know it may not be, there are other alternatives, but I think it is most likely the creche. I am with him virtually all of the rest of the time and I can't think of any occassion where these words have been said in front of him.

So I want to e-mail the creche and say he has said xxxx, can you keep an eye on him and make sure this language is not repeated around him as he seems to be picking it up.

What do you all think? It's ok to e-mail the creche about this isn't it?

What are the alternative sources of the swearing? It would be very unusual for that sort of language to be commonplace in a creche.

I wouldn't email the creche, that seems a bit finger-pointy. Speak to them, and tell them he's been using some bad language at home, you don't know where he's picked it up, but that you want them to keep a keen ear out for it.

The only other poeple he spends any time with are my family (granny, grandad, aunties etc). He hasn't spent any time away from me in the last 2 weeks or so.

I know it's possible he might pick it up from elsewhere but the reality is he spends 45% of his time in creche, 45 % at home with us and maybe 10% hanging out with other people. The two likely locations are home and creche and I am pretty certain he has not picked it up at home.

Ok I've e-mailed them:

Dear ,

I've noticed over the last 10 days that xxxxxx has started to use some bad language.

He has said 'It's fucking freezing', and 'fuck it'. I don't know where he is picking this bad language up, but I would be grateful if you would keep an ear out for any swearing and maybe consistently tell him that we don't use language like that. So far I have ignored it, as I don't want to make a big deal of it, but I think I will have to do something in future.

So in future I will be very conscious of any swearing at home or around him and I will tell him not to use those words. I just wanted to fill the creche in as well.

Many thanks as always,