Toddler using bad words
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My son tried to say 'stuck in there' about his cars etc. Tho he often shouts 'f*** in there' 🙈🙈 he will also say finning for spinning, I think he struggles with saying sp or st but he must have heard the f word from one of us even tho we are really cautious around him, we honestly are! He's just picked it up 🙈 arghh, at the moment I just ignore it and say 'stuck' or whatever the s word is wahhh.
I’ve heard something similar to shazida! They said to start using funny things when you want to swear like ‘washing machine’ and then they start to pick it up and also think it’s funny! No idea if it works but might be worth a try! I would try ignoring it first too, especially if people are reacting she’ll keep doing it in order to get the response!
Completely depends I think if they’re mispronouncing a word - my daughter says ‘sit’ but sounds like ‘shit’ or if they’re just outright saying a swear word. Depends what rules you want in your family - some people are just a straight no. Some people let their kids say it at home, or if they can understand the context/weight behind the word? (Obviously this is more for when they’re older). For now I’d just ignore it, and correct the mispronunciations. If they get a big reaction each time they say it, they’ll carry on
My colleague was going through the same with her toddler. She tried ignoring it which didn’t work. In the end, another colleague told her about a parenting book she read and one of the chapters was about saying bad words. It talked about saying funny phrases when a child swears. So that colleague started saying “squashed tomatoes” every time her child swore. Her child was so taken back by the funny phase he eventually stopped the bad words. Idk how it would work in your situation as if every time your daughter sees these cousins and hears them say bad words, she might start up again. Whereas with my colleague her son heard the bad words from her and her husband 😂