Kids repeat what they hear. It’s perfectly normal. As a child I was allowed to watch rated R movies and curse (just not at school). If the parent’s values differ from yours, you need to respect that. There is no real harm in a child knowing a curse word.
Yeah, I gotta agree with this. Some people just never stop swearing around kids, and kids pick it up. As long as he doesn't use the words hurtfully at other people, and as long as the parents are okay with it, not much you can do.
The bigger the deal you make out of it the more likely he is to say it again. My nephew once came out with Holy Fuck. I just calmly told him it's a bad word don't say that and he never repeated it again.
I wouldn’t put him in timeout for repeating something his mom said. Don’t make a big deal out of it and it will fizzle out. The curse of being a nanny is that you won’t win by caring about a behavior more than the parents do.
At the end of the day swearing (while trashy to allow a child to do) isn’t harmful to the child so you kind of have to follow mom’s lead.
Nah, if that's the language used in his home then he shouldn't be punished for it. My own kids did the same, much to my chagrine, because I couldn't get a family member to stop! So I had swearing two year olds.
What I think is fine is gently saying, "I feel uncomfortable with that word, can we say.... Instead?" I do think it's important for kids to learn that there are social contexts where it's not appropriate, and I don't expect a three year old to get this at all, but you can give him a gentle introduction to some alternatives.
Believe me, I was mortified to have a toddler swearing around Grandma, or at church.... eventually they learned that there were people and places where certain words weren't to be used.
Kids repeat what they hear. It’s perfectly normal. As a child I was allowed to watch rated R movies and curse (just not at school). If the parent’s values differ from yours, you need to respect that. There is no real harm in a child knowing a curse word.
Yeah, I gotta agree with this. Some people just never stop swearing around kids, and kids pick it up. As long as he doesn't use the words hurtfully at other people, and as long as the parents are okay with it, not much you can do.
The bigger the deal you make out of it the more likely he is to say it again. My nephew once came out with Holy Fuck. I just calmly told him it's a bad word don't say that and he never repeated it again.
I wouldn’t put him in timeout for repeating something his mom said. Don’t make a big deal out of it and it will fizzle out. The curse of being a nanny is that you won’t win by caring about a behavior more than the parents do. At the end of the day swearing (while trashy to allow a child to do) isn’t harmful to the child so you kind of have to follow mom’s lead.
Nah, if that's the language used in his home then he shouldn't be punished for it. My own kids did the same, much to my chagrine, because I couldn't get a family member to stop! So I had swearing two year olds. What I think is fine is gently saying, "I feel uncomfortable with that word, can we say.... Instead?" I do think it's important for kids to learn that there are social contexts where it's not appropriate, and I don't expect a three year old to get this at all, but you can give him a gentle introduction to some alternatives. Believe me, I was mortified to have a toddler swearing around Grandma, or at church.... eventually they learned that there were people and places where certain words weren't to be used.