How do i discipline my 3yr He has the F off word being said my other children!!
How do i discipline him at first i told him “we dont use words like this as its rude” and left it as i thought making a fuss out of it would be exciting for him. He carried on so i smacked his legs and put him on the bottom step of the stairs. Yet he still says those words. What next!! Earlier he said goodbye to his nan and grandad and was waving and he said f off word while waving
My son’s 2 1/2, and recently heard a man in Sainsburys arguing with the cashier and started repeating the language the man said. From the second i reacted to him saying it, my son did it more. Eventually, i ignored it, and would find my little lad looking at me whilst saying it waiting for a reaction. Now, i ignore him, and ive not heard him say it since.
I certainly wouldn’t smack him, whats that teaching him?
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Repetition and show and tell is the key. Do not use the bad words around him, and do not laugh when he says the bad words. Get down on his level so you are face to face having a conversation and Tell him “No -we dont use words like this as its rude and will make nan and grandad sad”. Let’s try it together, and practice together waving and saying ‘I love you nan and grandad”. If he continues, tell him it is a 2nd warning, and if he repeats after the warning he will get a time out. Put him in a time out corner or area where you can watch him. He may be too young to understand what he is saying, and the reactions may have been people thought it was cute or laughed, so he repeats it. He might not be able to separate in his mind, the waving and the words. When he does it correctly, be sure to give him lots of praise - good job, good boy.
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First, stop bringing him around people who are saying these words, and stop saying them yourself if you are. Also, smacking your son is only going to teach him that not only swearing, but also hitting is ok