swearing kids

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A good fiend of mine has a ds the same age as mine 2yrs 4mths, he's not got a massive amount of language but he swears. She does'nt seem too bothered by it. I don't want my ds to pick it up. But I don't want to stop seeing my friend. help

He's bound to pick it up and he's too young to understand why he shouldn't say certain words.

On the other hand a stern "that´s a no - no, Tommy" (or whatever) should do the trick if he should come out with a swear word...

You can´t let it pass just because he is too young to "understand" the reasons why it´s wrong.. otherwise we would go ahead and let kids stick their fingers in sockets and their hands in the fire.

If you pull a very serious face as you tell him and shake your head he will get the picture that you don´t aprove. Not much you can do until he does come out with one seeing as the other mum won´t tell her boy off for saying these words (unless you feel comfortable enough in front of the other mum to say something to her son. I would! eg. "Ooooh Billy, that´s a naughty word!" and hopefully your son will pick up on your displeasure.)

Well, maybe your friend is trying not to make a fuss. My daughter learned to say b*gger (i know its not a proper swear word but its not nice either) very early and I always told her off so she kept saying it all the time. One day I tried the opposite approach (meaning I ignored her every time she said it) and in time she forgot all about it.
However, when I was with friends I always apologised for her if she said it and explained why I didnt tell her off...