My cousin's little girl got in the habit of saying "son-of-a-*****in'" She was lookin for her son-of-*****in' shoes one day, and my mom's friend was just about floored when she heard that (the child was 3 at the time). So how do you stop them? Some people's first reaction is to laugh, and that makes it worse. You try your best not to use those words around kids, but they're gonna hear them on tv or in movies, or even from other kids. Do you just try to ignore it and hope it goes away or what?

This is something that now, with my 2nd child's first little one she needs to clean up her own "potty mouth", I have always been a loud and energetic child, but my mouth is sometimes worse than a sailor's, so she must get it from me, but I understand how sometimes it may be funny, yet others wont get the humor in it. :)

My son went through the stage of:
G-- Da--, Fu--ing BS, and also random screaming of ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

He listened to his father game online too much, and we had to go through about a month of this, his father in person, and me each time son and I spoke on the phone.

growing up my mom would have torn my butt up for cussing so I know I didn't do it. As I got older though I began but I was sure to never do it when she was anywhere in the area so I'd no chance of getting the belt lol

So how do you stop them? Some people's first reaction is to laugh, and that makes it worse. You try your best not to use those words around kids, but they're gonna hear them on tv or in movies, or even from other kids. Do you just try to ignore it and hope it goes away or what?

We laugh because its not something you expect from such a young child, but when you sit back and think about it - where did they learn that type of language? I have to work on my own mouth now, since I am a mother, though I am sure it is hard when you have had the mouth like a trucker for as long as you can remember (I can). You can only do what you can to help teach them it is not something proper for a child to say, be stern and keep constant watch on when they slip up to catch it. :)

I remember getting soap a few times. Now does it work? Hell I'm 19 LOL!! I just get *****ed at.

As for the young ones, you have to be cautious around them, or even until they grow up and learn and "understand what's going on around them" bribe them a bit - but not too much or too big of a bribe - then they'd expect it. That's what I'd think.

My son picked up some interesting phrases from a friend. One day he was walking around and out of the blue started saying “suck my d***”. I asked him where he heard that and he told me. I then asked him if he knew what it meant. Of course he didn't. I explained and that was the end of that.

I think trying to explain that the use of those types of words, while used by adults, are just not nice things for children to say.. Then to some extent you have to ignore them. Lots of times kids say them just to get a reaction. You have to decide if they're saying them because they heard them and don't know any better, or if they just like the way adults act when they use them.

You have to decide if they're saying them because they heard them and don't know any better, or if they just like the way adults act when they use them.

Well put! :)

A lot of the attract of bad words might be the energy people put into them, which probably seems cool or fascinating to little kids. Let's face it, the F word is a lot more exciting word than watermelons or something.

That is such perfect advice Donna! I have got to file it away for my Honey Muffin. My family is funny and curse words get used frequently, they are just empty words that we can be careful not to use around people they offend, but around each other, they slip out!! lol

So I know this will be something that comes up with my boy.

To be honest, I think my first word was a cuss! ;)

But I think the best answer is probably just to ignore it. You pay too much attention to it, and they just end up doing it more. But everyone's solution seems to differ. Either way, I don't think it's too big a problem. Even if they don't hear cursing from you, they'll hear it from TV,movies,other children Etc.

I remember my older sister fighting with her boyfriend at the time, and he was being really loud and agitating, so I called him like "every name" before I bolted out the front door like lighting was coming after me! :)

I know many of my words when younger were all curse words, but it came from the people I was around too.

One of the best things is to just ignore them. They usually do it for attention.

But when that doesn't work, depending on the age, soap has always worked well. :D

I remember the movie "Meet The Fockers", and the baby's first word is a**hole. I really laughed out that part. But this is absolutely true in real life. My father told me a story when I was young that I cursed him and his reaction was like he wanted to laugh and wanted to spank me at the same time.

I guess we have to explain what the meaning of those words and tell them its not good to say those things. And we must be examples to this little ones and try to speak decently when they are around.