Parents need to understand that they have to intervene swiftly and consistently throughout this period. Although it might seem funny and sometimes ingenious how many bad words children can invent, parents have to teach their children that using them equals disrespect and could result into hurting someone's feelings.
Here are a few insights that can guide parents through a successful intervention.
• Sometimes bad language is used to express feelings of anger and frustration
Children will often use potty talk or swearing to draw attention and test their parents. If the child has not learned how to express anger, frustration, sadness or disappointment in a healthy and direct manner, he/she will find that swearing and name calling are efficient means to get the message through. When this is the case, it is of utmost importance that you sit down with your child for a calm conversation and sort this out. Tell your child that you would prefer having him/her tell you the truth about how he/she feels in formulae as "I am mad/sad/angry". Also, make sure to explain that name calling and/or swearing is the wrong way to deal with things that bother you and that it only creates more problems.
• Try to find out the original source and eliminate it
Usually, children will start using bad language after hearing it from other people, either children of their age or older than them, and even adults. Your duty as a parent is to find out from where or whom they learned those words and eradicate the negative influences from your child's life. Also, the parents themselves have to be positive models for their children and avoid using hurtful or disrespectful language in their presence.
• Condition your child to associate using bad language with time out or something he/she resents doing
An essential rule to eliminating bad language from your child's vocabulary is to know when to intervene and how. First of all, you have to react in less than a minute after hearing the bad word and secondly, convey some sort of mild, yet firm punishment for the behaviour. In time, your child will associate using specific words with an undesirable outcome, thus diminishing the chances of him/her saying them.
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