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Originally Posted by corhorvath  My daughter's 5 and still uses poop and butt in many conversations. We got in trouble with daycare where such words are "no-nos". Whatever. We still use it at home.
Farts too. I guess we're a stinky family.
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Oh, thank heavens for that. I'm not sure how to walk this one.
I remember "dinky bum and bellybutton" were the most hilarious, naughty things my sister and I could think of when we were 5 and 3 respectively. It was also one age of extreme bonding.
Right now my son and most especially his best friend think this is the most hilarious thing. It's all "I am a boogerhead" "I am burp man" and "Santa Claus is coming to poo poo". I don't make a big deal of this type of talk as I think it is totally age appropriate and bonding (they never insult other people using this talk, they are generally very silly). When I was little, my parents just rolled their eyes.
However, unlike my son who doesn't talk like this when he doesn't have his friend to laugh with, the friend is completely obsessed with this talk. Apparently he and his sister (who I have been babysitting - for free) are not allowed to talk like this at all at their house. So I guess this is taboo for them.
I don't know what to do, if at all. I don't want to create a fake taboo in my house and think I would be inconsistent in applying it (I mean I would have to monitor their conversations all the time etc). At this point it would be too late to create a rule I didn't believe in anyway.
However, I'm sure it is going to come to a head eventually. I'm already talking to my son about different rules at school and friends houses.
: i join in with my 4 year old. but she is aware of social inappropriate stuff so she doesnt say it in public. but some fo her drawings is all about poop. snowman pooping. *shrug* i dont mind it.
