My 2 y/o won't stop cursing... help!

If you suspect he may just be doing it to get a rise out of you try not responding to the words you have already told him they are not to be used in the home or out the home for that matter. se if it works the next few times rem he is only 2 and doesnt even know the meaning of the words yet. i would tho continue to place him on time out simply say ok boogy, im not happy with your choice of words so maybe u need a lil alone time.

First, let me say that after reading your signature, hats off to you! Three under three and in diapers?? How do you have the time to hang out here?!?! LOL Anyway, I echo the reponse above--calmly administer a consequnce and leave it at that. Another thought would be, that if he's using them "correctly" (in anger, frustration, etc), give him other phrases to use--"Oh man," " That makes me mad!" "Oh nuts!" etc. I had a preschooler once who used "oh nuts" all the time! Right now my daughter says , "Hey!" every time she burps or passes gas....and every time I say, "excuse me, please" and after a few times, she's starting to mimic me. Today she even just said "Excuse me" instead of "Hey!". I bet something similiar would work! Good luck!!!

I had to stifle a laugh (NOT that this subject is funney at all). But my two year old dauughter goes through her "How can I get a rise out of mommy" phase from time to time. Now mind you, she has an older eight year old brother (my son) who eggs her on. She went through a phase of saying the "F" word (thanks to her big brother). At first, I reacted like "WHAT?!" But that was a bad move. She would do it more and more, louder and louder. When I decided to ignore her completely, she stopped doing it. Hey, if she can't get a reaction from mommy, that takes all the fun out of it. However, I forget sometimes that kids usually hear EVERYTHING you say. Hence, when I was dropping her off at school the other day, (with my car windows down) there was a lot of traffic. I must have muttered under my breath something to the effect "Move it ". So what does my daughter do? She says at the top of her lungs "MOVE IT " I was mortifyed! Bad mommy, bad mommy! (slapping myself) lol!

I hang out on here when I go to work.... He is using them in context....he starts off sucking his teeth, then he says Aww man, Then the bad words come...... But we are making progress...No bad words this weekend..I decided to just ignore him.....and when he got mad he just sucked his teeth and said aww man.....so let's hope we will have no more bad words Found out from his cw on Friday ..he lived in a home with a bunch of kids much older (teens and preteens) than him prior to living with me, which REALLY explains a whole lot of his behavior.....some of the stuff he says and does should not be coming from a 2 y/o....but it help me to better understand why he does some of the things he does...

That is too funny ..lol

I wish I knew...my son (in speach therapy because he and my other son have "twin-talk" and he does not say many words) has a favorite he uses in context...the "s" word. Usually when he is in trouble and it is "Oh---". How embarrassing is that when you are sitting in speach and he pops off with the ONE word that they have not taught him? I told his teachers that it was because she showed him a picture of a dog and he was saying "sit".

I can understand the need for a discussion of this nature, but please remember that we are a family friendly site and the use of cuss words or symbols in place of cussing is not allowed on the forums!

Thanks:flowergift:

First of all, bless you for fostering! As someone earlier mentioned, kids at this age really do repeat absolutely everything they hear. Unfortunately, your little guy has heard some not so accaptable language and is just doing what comes natural. It sounds like he has only been with you for a short time, so I think in time and being in a different enviornment, he will find other ways to communicate. I also echo what another poster said about giving him words to use in place of those. My daughter is two now, but when she was younger and just learning to talk, and would get mad, she would throw tantrums. I taught her to use words to express what she was feeling and now she'll say "I feel mad," or sad, or "noid"...meaning annoyed. Anyway, try that and make sure he knows that other language isn't nice, but don't freak out when he says it, because he will want to use it to push your buttons. Be consistent and I bet you'll see changes soon. Good luck!