My two year old, just started cursing. How can I discourage this?

She learned the 'f' word, from a friend.

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A lot of parents of toddlers overreact to bad words. It's not necessary. Also, no offense but, washing mouths out with soap is abusive. Grounding? You can ground a two year old for about 2 minutes. Any more? He will probably forget why he is even sitting there. lol Age appropriate discipline is key. I honestly believe that experimentation with words is perfectly natural, not matter what words they are...for a two year old.

It also depends on your child. If your child is always vying for attention, ignore it as if you never heard it. She is going to test bad words even if it is only to hear herself say it or to see your reaction. A test run, if you will. She's only two. She probably has no idea what that word even means.

I found that the first few times of letting it slide made mine lose interest in it. The number one rule is don't let her see that it pushes your buttons. In fact, never let any two year old know where your buttons are, that way they cannot push them. Especially attention seeking children.

If your toddler gets plenty of attention and you think your two year old is old enough to remember what she did during that day, I would say have a loving talk with her when you put her to bed, gently saying something like, "Sweetie? (wait for her to answer so you know she is listening)You said a word today that I want you to not say again. Do you know which word I am talking about?" If she doesn't remember, you can fill her in and calmly let her know that she is not allowed to say that word. If she asks why, I would tell her that is a rule in our house. It is a grown-up word. Are you a grown-up? Like that.

This method worked so good for me with my three little girls. I never gave much credence to it so they gave up doing it. They found out there was no fun in it, why do it?

I used this method with my daughters because all three were vying for my attention and would do unfavorable things to get my attention. I realized I just needed to catch them being good because it only takes maybe 30 seconds at the most to stop and positively affirm them and continue on being the busy parent you are. Doing this as often as possible helps bad behaviors take a back seat. I can get attention by being good? It's a great concept that makes sense. Positive affirmations really make for well rounded, loving children because they know you love them because you make sure to tell them as often as possible. Good Luck :)

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mash her mouth out with soap

try and tell her that the word can hurt other kids fellings and you would not lik that at all. ground her and tell her that if she says this there will be harsh consequences( dont say what though let her think of all tyhe bad things that could happen)

what i do first of all its that i tell my kid thats not nice and then dont laught at all. Ask your friend not to tell him those words again

My 2 year old will repeat just about anything possible. Make every attempt to keep your language clean, and let your friends or family know that it's just not acceptable to curse around your child.

soap HA! HA! HA! HA!

Remember that this is a 2 year old.Be calm but firm and let him/her know that this is bad.My son will be 2 in March and this happened to us only days ago.The 2 year old heard somone say this word so they think it is either funny or wanted to try the word out and see what kind reaction that they get.Pop her/him fingers or do something that lets her/him know that this is a "no no"

Have you ever watched Super Nanny? You can have her watch it on ABC on Tuesdays, I think, at 8 or 9 p.m. It gives a lot of help with cussing children. I must remind you that if you take the advise you hear from the show, you must be asertive and carry it out to the last.

Never wash your child's mouth out with soap! It teaches then bad things to be afraid of she is two so please dont do anything as harsh as putting soap in her mouth. On how to deal with it I believe it depends on the age. Did she JUST turn 2? If she did I would just ignore her. If she is closer to 2.5 or 3 I would put her on a "naughty step". We have stairs in our house and it works great with our 3 year old. You put them on the bottom step ( this is designated the naughty step) and make her sit there for a min or two so she can "think" about what she did wrong. Be consistent though if she gets up before her 2 min. are up put her back on the step.

Don't let anyone laugh. Everytime you hear it just say.. That's not a nice word and we don't say that. The most important thing is to not laugh. Sometimes thats the hardest thing as it just sounds sooo funny coming out of a 2 yr olds mouth. My oldest used to say F*ing cat. (my ex loved that expression when dealing with an over active kitten) Luckily it sounded like fox when she said it..so in public i would say "No honey we cant watch fox and the hound right now. My middle child said "can you turn on the air conditioner (in the car) its hot as hell in here. And my son is saying SOB (heard it twice. still dont know where he heard it) If you dont make that big a deal out of it will most likely just drop out of your childs vocabulary on its own. Good luck

seriously, ivory soap works. warn them, then if they curse again wash out their mouth. it's nasty, and it worked on me when i was little! it just leaves a bad taste, but make sure the kid knows that you love them but that cursing is a bad thing to do

Tell them its a bad word and you don't like hearing them say that. Next time you hear them say that put them in time out. Telling them it's a bad word just opens up the question of "why is it a bad word?".. Reverse the situtation & remind the child how it feels when his/her friends call him names. After that, try to explain that using some words and name calling hurts people, just like hitting does. Kids that age don't really want to hurt anyone, they just want to have fun ( & hurting others isn't having fun ).
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been there & worked for me.

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