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I have always done the words swap when kids overheard parents cussing and repeat it. Usually it workes but this week it didn't.
1 of my toddlers (2 1/12 dcb) was telling us about his dog at circle time. He then switched right over to "and mommy called ___(her boyfriend) a B--!! The other kids just looked at him 1 little girl gasped so I am assuming she knew the word was bad. So I told dcb I think mommy called ___a fish! Doesnt make sense I know but they are 2 & 3 I figured they wouldn't get the B word either and it was the 1st cover word that popped in my head so I went with it.
He yelled at me "No she didn't say FISH she said B__." Just then the phone rang and I thought oh good distraction saved by the bell and I tell the kids I have to take a phone call so continue to use the puppets for a moment.
It's the Mom asking how the same dcb is
I said umm he's good, not wanting to rehash it right in front of the kids. She said she had a break and was having a bad day because she threw her bf out of her house so she wanted to talk to her son. I put dcb on the phone hoping he wouldn't do it, please don't say it... Yep he did. "Mommy u called ___a B-- huh?" She screams so loud I can hear her as I sit beside dcb. Shes screaming "DON'T U EVER SAY WHAT I SAY! THAT'S BAD YOU'RE BAD! I'M GONNA SMACK YOUR MOUTH! NO NO NO!!! I get on the phone and tell her I tried to cover it with fish and instead of screaming and threatening him maybe we could just switch the word. So she tells him that she called him a fish and dcb wouldnt go for it. He said No u said B--. She then asks for me and goes off saying how much she hates her bf her baby doesnt deserve this its all his fault. I just sat there not knowing what to say. It is HER fault it came from HER mouth in earshot of her toddler! So I listen to her vent and call the man names for a few minutes then I say I have to go because it's time for math.
Geez that turned into a long story didn't mean for it to but there u have it. my other kids don't cuss thank God!!!
1 of my toddlers (2 1/12 dcb) was telling us about his dog at circle time. He then switched right over to "and mommy called ___(her boyfriend) a B--!! The other kids just looked at him 1 little girl gasped so I am assuming she knew the word was bad. So I told dcb I think mommy called ___a fish! Doesnt make sense I know but they are 2 & 3 I figured they wouldn't get the B word either and it was the 1st cover word that popped in my head so I went with it.
He yelled at me "No she didn't say FISH she said B__." Just then the phone rang and I thought oh good distraction saved by the bell and I tell the kids I have to take a phone call so continue to use the puppets for a moment.
It's the Mom asking how the same dcb is
I said umm he's good, not wanting to rehash it right in front of the kids. She said she had a break and was having a bad day because she threw her bf out of her house so she wanted to talk to her son. I put dcb on the phone hoping he wouldn't do it, please don't say it... Yep he did. "Mommy u called ___a B-- huh?" She screams so loud I can hear her as I sit beside dcb. Shes screaming "DON'T U EVER SAY WHAT I SAY! THAT'S BAD YOU'RE BAD! I'M GONNA SMACK YOUR MOUTH! NO NO NO!!! I get on the phone and tell her I tried to cover it with fish and instead of screaming and threatening him maybe we could just switch the word. So she tells him that she called him a fish and dcb wouldnt go for it. He said No u said B--. She then asks for me and goes off saying how much she hates her bf her baby doesnt deserve this its all his fault. I just sat there not knowing what to say. It is HER fault it came from HER mouth in earshot of her toddler! So I listen to her vent and call the man names for a few minutes then I say I have to go because it's time for math. Geez that turned into a long story didn't mean for it to but there u have it. my other kids don't cuss thank God!!!
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