I just read a blog post a mom wrote about how she laughs when her toddler swears. When I saw the title, I was all, right on! Let’s read this.
And then I did read it, and I was so disappointed. The woman basically says that she doesn’t actually laugh in front of her kid, and she redirects his behavior and she’s scared he might drop a bad word at preschool, blah blah blah. Boring! Boring! So she basically doesn’t actually laugh when her toddler swears, she finds it amusing to hear such things come out of her kid’s cartoon voice, but then goes crazy trying to cover it up and scold it and hope he doesn’t embarrass her.
Why did this annoy me so much? I don’t know for sure, but I think it has something to do with the fact that it is HILARIOUS to hear a toddler swear. And if you think it’s funny when your kid swears, own it. Don’t say you think it’s funny and then back track. It’s not like most moms out there are teaching their kids to say ‘fuck you, motherfucker’, along with ‘please’ and ‘May I have another cheese stick?’
Guess what? Parents swear. Toddlers hear it. Toddlers swear. Teachers hear it. No one is scandalized. No one encourages the child to keep swearing. The kid stops eventually. Blargh! Ahem. The end.
Sorry. Carry on.
My 5 year old said a swear word the other night and she didn’t even know it. She was trying to sound out “as” and it came out “ass.”
Yeah- Bex LOVES to rhyme things with ‘truck’. Loudly.
My daughter went through that phase too. Surprisingly, the worst word she ever rhymed with “truck” was “fruck.” It cracked me up when she started rhyming words with “kitchen” and she said “bitchen.”
I have 3 granddaughters; two are 2 yrs. old and one is 3 yrs old. They swear like truck drivers (just like their grandmother). IT IS FUNNY!!! The are imitating us. I do laugh but am now trying to stop the 3 year old. It is impossible! I think I’ll just let it be instead. Heck! I’m proud of MY mouth.
Ha! Mini truck drivers.
Oh, I straight up laugh. J went through a phase where he was saying “kitty” all the time, but couldn’t make the K sound, and replaced it with a T sound. And I’d just laugh and laugh as he’d say “titty! titty!” as he chased the cat around.
Whatever, he’s bound to say douchebag soon enough, so we might as well enjoy it, right?
Oh! I didn’t add douchebag into my drawing. I knew I’d forget something relevant.
It’s so hilarious when things come out of nowhere. Like when my kids inexplicably said (because I’m not much of a swearer), “It’s cold as fuck out there!” Well then.
Honestly, I don’t swear a ton, but when I do, it’s for a good reason- and sticks in little brains. We got a big old “Where’s my fucking potty seat?” when my daughter was 2.
Yeah, this is why we can’t have kids – we would surely teach them to say, “Please, may I have another fucking cheese stick, mother fucker?” There would be encouragement. It would be hilarious. They would be instructed on proper grammar, however.
Well, of course. Swearing isn’t nearly as interesting if it’s grammatically incorrect.
My kids say damn-it when they get mad. I wonder where they got that from. But the world or at least my small town is crazy – they don’t even want the kids saying what-the-heck in school! Also everyone gets so bent out of shape about potty humor – I had a kid come over to his mother sitting next to me at the park and tattle on my daughter for “potty talk”- really?! Who cares!
Yes, I agree that people get way too bent out of shape about an occasional word that pops out of kid’s mouths. It miiiiight be a problem if kids are dropping the f bomb left and right, but it makes me crazy when adults get uptight over something like ‘what the heck’.
Toddlers=cute
Rhyming preschoolers=OBNOXIOUS
As an aside: my German husband taught our kids how to swear in English. And I taught them how to swear in German. Because it sounds even better in a foreign language, you know?
Oooh bilingual swearing is so chic!
I. Can’t. Wait. You are my mommy hero!
I need to tone down the swearing on my end – sometimes it just comes out and I don’t even realize. Not the most classy (not that I care THAT much..but I should probably save it more for when it counts!)
I remember when my youngest as a toddler hurt himself mildly and a damnit came out of his little mouth. It was funny but unfunny too! I guess I cuss too much!