Just Fun: Words/Phrases You Don’t Like or Won’t Allow Anyone to Say at Your Daycare

[Blackcat31]

I had a DCM several years back that was VERY upset when she heard someone say "Bless you" to her child after he sneezed.

[jenn]

Stupid, shut up, idiot, ****s (This ****s!), cuss words,...I'm sure there are more, but that's what I can think of.

[Unregistered]

Okay, mine is going to be a little different,

Most of my "not allowed" words have already been listed for my 5 and under day group, but i have 2 of my own SA children plus two more, ages 12, 10, 8, 6. Most of my list comes from my 10y son, but here it goes....

Your Face! (Need i say more)
Thats Gay
Uhhhh God, Uhhhh gosh, geeze, etc.
I Hate That! (No, you dislike it)
Don't Look at Me!

Obama (i dont even get it but apparently it goes with anything)
Obama Mama!
I'll call Obama!
You look like Obama!

Terd
Worm
Brat
Shut up
GET OUTTA MY ROOM!

NARKS (Okay, i know this is not that bad but he was using it every other sentence, THANK YOU DISNEY CHANNEL, now it is banned)

About a million more as he seems to make up more things to say as i ban them, mostly directed at his sister not daycare children so it is slightly different, but not okay, she is 12 and can handle herself well though.

[CedarCreek]

OOH, that's a really good one! I agree! Any sex separation comments aren't allowed. "That's a girl color" or "No boys allowed..." nope, none of that stuff flies here. In fact, a lot of the girls started wearing princess dresses during our music time to dance. The boys thought it looked fun (and it is! Spinning around in floofy dresses,) so they wanted to join. Now I'll have my group of 5, 3 girls and 2 boys all wearing dresses and dancing and no one bats an eye. lovethis

I sent parents a pic to gauge their reaction and they all thought it was adorable. happyface

The boys here frequently dress up in the princess clothes! They just think its fun.

Once,I had a dcd come to pick up his dcb while he was running around in a yellow Belle skirt and a snow white red bow.

dcd: "Boy, you need to take that girl stuff off and pick up a sword or something"

He said this while laughing so I didn't go too hard on him.

Me: "Oh, Dad. He's just having fun dressing up."

[Evansmom]

Okay, mine is going to be a little different,

Most of my "not allowed" words have already been listed for my 5 and under day group, but i have 2 of my own SA children plus two more, ages 12, 10, 8, 6. Most of my list comes from my 10y son, but here it goes....

Your Face! (Need i say more)
Thats Gay
Uhhhh God, Uhhhh gosh, geeze, etc.
I Hate That! (No, you dislike it)
Don't Look at Me!

Obama (i dont even get it but apparently it goes with anything)
Obama Mama!
I'll call Obama!
You look like Obama!

Terd
Worm
Brat
Shut up
GET OUTTA MY ROOM!

NARKS (Okay, i know this is not that bad but he was using it every other sentence, THANK YOU DISNEY CHANNEL, now it is banned)

About a million more as he seems to make up more things to say as i ban them, mostly directed at his sister not daycare children so it is slightly different, but not okay, she is 12 and can handle herself well though.

I like these! I have teens and I hear a lot of this too. The other one you didn't mention that I have banned (sounds funny but...) is AMAZING!!! ARGH!! Thanks probably to Disney too the one and only adjective I hear coming from the teens is "amazing". There. Are. SO. Many. Other. Good. Adjectives!!

We have a teacher at the middle school here who banned the word in her class and put up posters in the room listing tons of other words the kids could use instead

[Starburst]

I dont have any money today. can i pay you......?

It's good to remind the parents there are some things they aren't allowed to say in daycare too ::

[Starburst]

Okay, mine is going to be a little different,

Most of my "not allowed" words have already been listed for my 5 and under day group, but i have 2 of my own SA children plus two more, ages 12, 10, 8, 6. Most of my list comes from my 10y son, but here it goes....

Your Face! (Need i say more)
Thats Gay
Uhhhh God, Uhhhh gosh, geeze, etc.
I Hate That! (No, you dislike it)
Don't Look at Me!

Obama (i dont even get it but apparently it goes with anything)
Obama Mama!
I'll call Obama!
You look like Obama!

Terd
Worm
Brat
Shut up
GET OUTTA MY ROOM!

NARKS (Okay, i know this is not that bad but he was using it every other sentence, THANK YOU DISNEY CHANNEL, now it is banned)

Lol Im guily of saying 'your face' when I was a teen (or maybe even just a few years ago), but don't say it much any more. I also would say "Your mom goes to college" and "your mom wears army boots" (I think I got those from napoleon dynomite) I have also used as a joking comeback to someone (not infront of kids) "your mother knits socks of hate" (yeah, I have a lot of free time on my hands to make up things that don't really make sense)- so just some more things you may need to band in the future.

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

I have one child that just began here and he uses quite a few.

I don't allow them to do a dramatic sigh at me when I ask them to do something (they say, "Yes ma'am!"), say butt, loser, na na na na boo boo, oh my God, stupid, crap, hate, etc. I also don't allow whining.

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

Lol Im guily of saying 'your face' when I was a teen (or maybe even just a few years ago), but don't say it much any more. I also would say "Your mom goes to college" and "your mom wears army boots" (I think I got those from napoleon dynomite) I have also used as a joking comeback to someone (not infront of kids) "your mother knits socks of hate" (yeah, I have a lot of free time on my hands to make up things that don't really make sense)- so just some more things you may need to band in the future.

"Your Mom" jokes got banned in this household as soon as I met my soon-to-be-ex husband. His Mom died of AIDS and he would be very offended by people saying your mom jokes.

[DaisyMamma]

Perhaps a little OT, but I don't allow the SA kids to cry when they pretend their babies. It drives me crazy!

[Sugar Magnolia]

" MINE! " ....if it is screamed as they grab something
"GIMME THAT!" if it is screamed at someone possessing object wanted by.the.screamer
I wish I had a tape recording that.says "That is not yours, it belongs to all of us, we .share or wait our turn"

[MissK]

All of the above! I also can't stand dangit or darnit - sure, they're not swear words, but they're also not allowed in my house

[Lucy]

It could be that if her parents don't let her play with guns at home or even if they do she is not allowed to say shoot or say that she is going to shoot at someone. Or it could be because that word just implies to harm or target someone and her parents told her that is not a nice word to use or that the word means something bad so she reasons 'not nice word = bad word'. 3 year olds can pick up words but not necessarly the context of how it is used or that some words can have double meanings like chute= tunnle/slide/drop. Some people also consider the saying "just shoot me" as a rude or even a swear phrase like 'eat/ bite me'.

But that is good to keep in mind to because I plan on having a star themed program and was going to give the kids in my program group names (based on age) and I was planning on calling the toddler group "the shooting stars"- so maybe I should rethink that (I also don't want them to think it is okay to shoot at me [since my name is Star] )

Hadn't thought of the gun element of that word.

For your toddler group, how about "Bright Stars"?

[WImom]

All of the above and "What the".

I have two kids that are always saying that. I guess I just don't like what the next word could be.

[frgsonmysox]

"what the" is banned in my home too. All my kids and my daycare kids have picked it up, and all of them are now working on not saying it. I feel the absence of a curse word, when it is implied, is just as bad.