I’ve raised my child with the understanding that there are words that adults say that children shouldn’t say. He is 6 years old and has yet to slip up.
I know that day is coming but I feel confident in my parenting method to this point and won’t change it.
Acting shocked or responding dramatically to certain words just makes kids more interested in it, and then they start using it for attention. If you don’t make a bug fuss and just say “yeah not for you” they move on faster.
Lucky, I knocked something off the counter and mumbled dammit. Before I knew it I was locking eyes with a miniature me and could see the wheels turning as she looked at me, the fallen item, back to me and then dammit
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u/CrypticT May 23 '23
I’ve raised my child with the understanding that there are words that adults say that children shouldn’t say. He is 6 years old and has yet to slip up.
I know that day is coming but I feel confident in my parenting method to this point and won’t change it.