On Mothers Day my daughter (who is 3 1/2) was having issues with her T.V. So she shouts, God Damn It. My husband and I both stared at each other like, "Did she just say...?" After she repeated it my husband says, "HEY! We don't say that word. If you say it again you will go to time out." So of course now that it's taboo she kept saying it...and kept getting in trouble for it. Last time she picked up a swear word I eased it out of her vocabulary. When she would say Sh#( I would say, "Oh shoot." Pretty soon she was copying me and that was that.
We are working on trying to do the same thing here. She has taken a liking to Dang It! So we went with that.
Now to the busted part. Neither my husband or I could ever remember using the GD term. So we were a bit baffled about where she picked it up. Until today....My 65 lb husky stole my daughters lunch. When I caught her I yelled, "Hey!" which of course in dog language means "Eat faster." So I charged into the room, the dog takes off to avoid me, knocks my daughter down, ricochets into me and about takes me down too. As I teeter on the edge of falling I shout, "God Damn It!" So guess who is in her room now and instead of sleeping is saying GD It, over and over again....face/palm. Any one else have a "Oh they got that from me" moment?
I think I am going to end up apologizing to the dog again. When my daughter started calling everything stupid, including people, we told her it wasn't nice and made her apologize. A couple days later the dog (same one) destroyed something, got into the trash, I can't even really remember, and I mumbled stupid dog. My daughter pops up, "That's not nice, say sorry." So I had to apologize to the stupid dog.
Dad: LMAO! Yeah my daughter would clench her fist, waves her arms around and make a weird face. We couldn't figure out that one till I was at work one day. My college and I had this extremely difficult customer, and I went "I just want to..." while clenching my fist and waving my arms around. I just stopped right in the middle of it and said, "It's me!" My coworker looked at me like I was crazy till I explained and the she said, "I could have told you that!" She didn't stop laughing for like five minutes.
Jo: I am laughing so hard! That's awesome!
I am always well aware where my kids pick up swear words. :p
If they use them in perfect context it is me, if it makes no sense it is their father.
my daughter at 2 and stuck in traffic yells so loud
"oh F$$K, why won't those cars move?"
Now I take full responsiblity of using the F bomb on ocassion when she was that little, BUT never were M. or my ex an agressive driver (I guess some things J. come naturally to some people)
I couldn't help it I giggled first because hearing a 2 year old yell that wioth the voice she did was beyond funny
Well I look back and say "What did you J. say"
She repeats it and I tell her thats a very bad word and not to be used
so then she says what "ho fu#K" and I say YES thats the word that is bad
then she proceeded to sing nursery rhymes with that word
Old mcdonald
with a FU$$ here and ....
and then rhymed it with everything known to man that a two year old could think of.
She kept this up for weeks....probably because strangers and relative couldnt help but laugh hearing a kid rhyming the f bomb with duck and so on at the grocery story and seeing my face bright red and telling her how its bad,while she had the biggest smile
Our last resort was ignoring it and that worked
The face.
My oldest son has been making this disgusted face since he was born. For months my wife and I blamed each other. I mean - his face is just this twisted, curled up lip of utter disgust when he doesn't like something.
And then I ate some food or another.....
Even had to look in the mirror to double check. Yep - that's my face.
My husband doesn't swear...it's like he is a freak of nature. *The one thing he will say, if things are really bad is 'God Damn it' and it's usually followed by my name, Ha!
So...my point being, my kids *only* get the bad language from me. I have been lucky, none of my kids have latched on to a word and used it more than once after being told that that was a 'grown-up word'!!
~When my middle child was about 4, we were leaving the house and I opened the garage door and my son busts out with 'Oh, it's fu**ing raining'! and I quickly realized I should start watching my mouth more! I do not cuss that badly or that often really but compared to my husband I look and sound really bad b/c I am the only one saying these bad words, ya know? There is something about hearing your child drop the F-bomb that really wakes you up and gets your attention about how much they truly listen and mimic what we say!
My husband uses a stream of swear words while he checks into office stuff on his laptop. My tot NEVER picks up anything from him. She never even pays attention.
One day, I am cooking and she was dancing around me. I almost dropped a potful of water on her and the floor and said, "oh Shoot". My whole apartment probably heard her 'word of the day'.
So unfair! Dad gets off clean, and I can't say anything!
I have tried and tried to get my husband to curb the potty mouth without success. So I told my son those were "Daddy words" and that none of the rest of us can use them. So far, so good. lol
Such a funny story! One time a woman got mad at me for taking her "spot" at a gas pump. When I pulled in, I had no idea that she was turning her car around for the correct side of the car to get to the pump. She was hollering at me and her kid was shaking her fist like her mom! Whew!
Kids do learn from us, don't they!!
Dawn
My hubby and I have always been pretty good about not using swear words around our now 7 year old daughter. Well, when she was about 4, my sister, hubby and I had taken our daughter to get ice cream and when we were walking back home, hubby and I had a little ice cream fight. We were cracking up, as was or daughter and my sister. She was watching from the front door and my hubby thru his cone at me(he missed, heehee) and ou daughter laughed and then said, in our sarcastic tone, "jackass". We froze and couldn't help but laugh! We have called each other that from time to time but all in fun...never angry at each other...so we always have a sarcastic tone when we say it. She had the same tone, which made it hilarious! We told her she couldn't say that word and she hasn't since. We will never forget the way she said it!
LOL! Just add to add that when husky is involved, sometimes a "GD IT!!!" cannot be helped! I've owned two--O. pure breed and O. husky mix.
My husband and I both curse like sailors when childless. So we've had to seriously curb this habit. On the rare occasions when both kids are out of the house we've been known to tramp the hallways hollering "f@#$! F$#$! F^%$!" just because we CAN.
I stole an idea from my best girlfriend...every once in a while I'll ask my kids to tell me "What's the absolute worst word you know? You won't get in trouble, I just want to hear it." Last time I asked my six-year old, he said "The worst word I know...is 'stupid.'"
Our hearts grew three sizes that day.
I'm sure I've written this one before, but my oldest was heard at the age of 2yo (or so) yelling (while playing in a toy car), "Get outta the way, ya F*ckin truck!"
*blushes*
Of course, everyone looked at me. Knowingly.
/facepalm
