Potty-mouth running rampant!

pjlippert

pjlippert

Cathlete
I'm soooo angry about this. For whatever reason my 8 y/o son has taken to cussing A LOT!!! :mad:I don't know how to nip it in the bud. I sure the heck don't go around swearing like a sailor- an occassional slip of the toungue- yes. But there is no reason for him to be talking like this.

I swear it was back-talking last month (that behavior is still not totally gone).

ANY help with this issue is appreciated.

Thank you!
Pam
 
Funny, when my son was that age...he had the same trouble...not so much cussing, but he liked to talk about bathroom stuff too. I got so sick of it...I tried soap on the tongue...just a drop to make him miserable...That was dumb and it didn't work... Then I had the idea that since he liked toilet talk so much and his vocabulary belonged in the toilet...
I told him, "Well, since you love toilet talk so much and love to say things that should be flushed and belong in the toilet ....you can just sit and hug that toilet for 30 minutes." And he did...I had him sit on the floor in front of the toilet and hug it for 30 minutes, just as if he loved it. They shared the love! Of course, I made sure he was completely physically comfortable and not in any physical pain whatsoever in his love-fest! :)

I think this did a few things...first of all it shocked him...because it is a bit shocking, , second: it gave him time to think and consider what the purpose of a toilet is...yuck...and then relate that to his language.

It worked, I don't remember having any trouble ever again. And he is a fine, well- adjusted 22 year old young man who is getting married this Sept. We have still laughed about this together, when mom made him hug the toilet :).
 
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I was terrible in the 7th grade! I didn't really understand what I was saying, I just repeated what I heard at school. Its like learning an accent from a new place to live. I couldn't help myself. It took a couple of years to undo the damage from a cheap, low class, bad public school. I don't know how to help your son. But, for me it was realizing that I did not want to be a nasty person.
 
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