Screaming and name calling from 3 y/o, YIKES!

[robin4kids]

You would think by number 5 I would have this worked out. My other children never name called. My other 4 never repeated what they heard.

My 3 y/o however, oh my she is a moody, emotional, bossy, sweet girl. So she heard the word stupid and has been trying it out on her older brothers and sister. They don't call anyone stupid, but the word is used here and there, such as "That is a stupid game." I have been telling them to stop using the word, but you know how that goes.

Now we went camping with a family that we love. They unfortunately use some words that our kids have never heard before. The words JERK and Jack ASS were used by the parents to describe their kids. Yes they said to their 2 older teenage boys that they here being Jack Assess and jerks.

A week later my dear sweet dd is calling her older sister a "stupid jerk"! We are amazed how she managed to put those 2 words together so effortlessly. NO we have never used these words together.

So we have told her not to use these words and tried to help her express her feelings with better kinder words, but when she gets mad and tired...the words just fly and there is no stopping it.

Any other suggestions? It is so embarrassing when another mom of a 2 or 3 y/o hears my sweet girl talk so rotten.

[Yulia_R]

Both of my kids (4 and 2.5 yo) have been calling me "Yuckie poopy" when they are angry or when I don't allow them to do something that they want. "Go away, yuckie poopy, mama, go away" has been used MUCH more often in the last couple of months than I'm comfortable with. One thing I've learned is that the more I react or try to explain them that they shouldn't be using these words, the more they do that. They use it to get a kick out of me and when I do react they got what they wanted. Things like that are very normal for kids. So, I just have been ignoring it, focusing on what I originally wanted from them (let's say to not open the fridge) and I think it does works...slowly but surely.

[mom2grrls]

This is from Playful Parenting and he suggested making up another silly word instead. So you say to DD "you can say stupid jerk but just don't say flibber flobber"(or whatever other made up word you want) and just pretend to be horrified when she does say it. it will probably at least lessen the occurences of stupid jerk