https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 17 May 2026 15:43:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-kids-learned-a-bad-word#post-2769082 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 22:03:40 +0000 maddyz 2769082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 2.5 and dropped a really well times f bomb at the CVS. An old lady laughed.. it's NYC so people feel a little different about cussing. We tried just pretending like he didn't say anything, but now I think we need to go the explanation route. Also, I might just have foul mouthed kids.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-kids-learned-a-bad-word#post-2769075 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 20:59:18 +0000 ShootingStar 2769075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Luckily DS hasn't picked any of my swears yet. Not sure how, lol. But today he got a happy meal toy when we stopped at a rest stop and he told us he was going to name it "Titty"😂. At first I was like, "oh, Teddy" and he's yelling at me like I didn't hear him, "No, TITTY Mommy." 😂😂. I don't normally care all that much about swearing, but he was just killing me with that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-kids-learned-a-bad-word#post-2769069 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 20:43:09 +0000 DesertDreams88 2769069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fudge or fudgemonkies for the F word.<br /> Shiz or Shi-kes for S word.<br /> All the rest are the standard replacements - darn, gosh, dang, etc. I gave up swearing for Lent when I was 14 and it stuck, which is good because I've worked with children since I was 16 :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-kids-learned-a-bad-word#post-2769067 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 20:41:46 +0000 Foodnerd81 2769067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: oh- my then 3 year old used to use this exasperated under her breath voice to say "goddammit!" It was exactly the way I would say it when I got really annoyed at something. I have obviously cleaned up my act!! </p> <p>No real advice, I just try not to curse and use shoot or darn insteadof what I want to say. Or a friend convinced her kid she said bucket instead of the F words that rhyme with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-kids-learned-a-bad-word#post-2769062 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 20:20:02 +0000 travellingbee 2769062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My clever niece was making up food word replacements for curses last year-I wish I could remember them all. I know she said<br /> "Oh For peanut butter's sake!" And "Oh mayonnaise!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-kids-learned-a-bad-word#post-2768981 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:04:01 +0000 skipra 2768981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Usually I just say that's not a nice word and drop it. Even if it's repeated a few times if you don't make a big deal they find something else soon enough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-kids-learned-a-bad-word#post-2768939 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:00:00 +0000 delight 2768939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD says "oh shit-shoot!" because I try to correct myself whenever I say it. She also liked to call other drivers "donkeys" when we are in the car since DH has a habit of saying "what a donkey" when he's driving. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-kids-learned-a-bad-word#post-2768928 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:32:49 +0000 littlebug 2768928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>D has been saying "pickle sticks" lately which I think is hysterical. So like if he drops something, he says "Oh pickle sticks!" So far, the only "curse" he picked up is Jesus Christ. So, not a terrible one, but it would certainly get him a major side-eye if he used it at his very Christian daycare! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-kids-learned-a-bad-word#post-2768909 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 09:24:35 +0000 josina 2768909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh man, going through this also! My 2-1/2 yr old correctly uses Damnit. He said it yesterday when he couldn't get his pj's off. I don't think either DH or I say it often at all so I'm so surprised he picked it up! </p> <p>I will have to try some of the above tricks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-kids-learned-a-bad-word#post-2768902 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 08:59:01 +0000 MaryM 2768902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaG: Similar to this, DH's friends learned that kids normally remember the last word that was said, so if someone slips and curses, they say "Potato" really quick to sort of cover it up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-kids-learned-a-bad-word#post-2768890 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 08:11:26 +0000 MamaG 2768890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Might be too late but someone told us to say peanut butter as a distraction. We tend to use it when our extended family uses a word we don't like. We follow up their word with peanut butter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-kids-learned-a-bad-word#post-2768887 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 07:48:37 +0000 PinkElephant 2768887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: quesadilla IS really fun to say 🙂And church camp, eek! </p> <p>@gingerbebe: omg, hippos! I love it. Nuggets is good, too. Wouldn't work for me since I call our ten month old "nugget" sometimes, but I like the idea of exploring food options, haha. </p> <p>Might also try yelling in another language. The Spanish words for snow cone and jigsaw puzzle are fun (I was inspired by quesadilla), and I don't think my kids know them, haha.</p> <p>I'm so relieved that this is not a unique situation. My family is very conservative - I've NEVER heard my parents say anything remotely curse-like. My mother in law openly admits to accidentally teaching DH to say "shit" when he was little, but the f word or any GOD/Jesus related explanation would upset her, I'm sure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-kids-learned-a-bad-word#post-2768871 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 02:13:22 +0000 gingerbebe 2768871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH uses "carrots" or "hippos" instead of terms like assholes or bitches. It's so random and hilarious and DS1 looks at him like he's nuts, but laughs. DS1 is also randomly obsessed with the word cockroach and has been calling people that and cackling.</p> <p>My brother uses the word "nuggets" for shit. Like when he stubs his toe he will scream nuggets.</p> <p>I've started saying "Jesus and the 12 disciples!!" Instead of Jesus Christ when I'm yelling but I don't know how much better that is.</p> <p>DS1 likes big words and if I overannunciate them and exaggerate he really picks up on it. We've tried to swap the f word with:</p> <p>Enormous<br /> Humongous<br /> Absolutely<br /> Fantastically<br /> Fabulously<br /> Outrageously </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-kids-learned-a-bad-word#post-2768867 Sun, 20 Aug 2017 23:32:27 +0000 PinkElephant 2768867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: yes! It's the -ing part that horrifies DH. </p> <p>Any non-curse words you've tried to replace unsavory ones with yourself in hopes they catch on? Because, yeah...unfortunately I'm sure they heard it from me at some point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-kids-learned-a-bad-word#post-2768866 Sun, 20 Aug 2017 23:29:18 +0000 youboots 2768866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD used every bad word on our first day of family church camp in July. It was awful and hilarious. We just redirect/don't react. Nothing like your 2 year old saying the F word in front of the pastor 😬 Shrug. She can also say quesadilla and that's not possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-kids-learned-a-bad-word#post-2768864 Sun, 20 Aug 2017 23:22:20 +0000 Foodnerd81 2768864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: my daughter went through a phase of using the F word. Correctly. I was both horrified and impressed. Like she threw up in bed and when we came in she looked at us and goes, "I made a f-ing mess!" </p> <p>We mostly ignored it or lightly said "that's not a nice thing to say" but didn't make a big deal out of it and she moved on. Oh and she totally got it from me. :meh: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-kids-learned-a-bad-word#post-2768862 Sun, 20 Aug 2017 23:14:10 +0000 PinkElephant 2768862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlejoy: yeah...that's the one they're working with. DH reacted the first time one of them said it, :::sigh:::. I had been trying to act confused and say "I think you mean 'funky'"...Good point about owning up to making a mistake if we say something we shouldn't. </p> <p>Glad someone else has been through it. The principal was impressed with DD2's vocabulary when she used the word "stethoscope" at a school visit at 2.5. Dropping F-bombs...probably slightly less impressive. :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-kids-learned-a-bad-word#post-2768861 Sun, 20 Aug 2017 23:09:30 +0000 littlejoy 2768861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 3 year old said "fuck" at school, soooo ...</p> <p>When she tests out cuss words, we just make it not a big deal. "Oh man, I shouldn't have said that word. It's a word for adults, but you can say xyz instead." ... she's receptive. I've heard her say "shit" before and then quickly correct herself to say "shoot". </p> <p>My best advice is to just not let your kids know it's a big deal to you. Or they'll probably never stop! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-kids-learned-a-bad-word#post-2768860 Sun, 20 Aug 2017 23:05:33 +0000 PinkElephant 2768860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>And are enjoying using it..correctly. Oops. :( I'd be pretty embarrassed if they said it at school in a few weeks (we are new to the school), so I'm trying to distract them by using silly exclamations (phooey! Fiddlesticks!) as often as possible in hopes that something else catches their fancy and sticks in place of this one. </p> <p>Any good ones for me to try? Can be real or made up, the goofier the better. Bonus points if it's something they don't know and I could convince them it is a "bad word". </p>