Real Dad Blog Version: Your kids will swear but when will they first swear? Our 11-month son has picked up two words. We cannot help but laugh when he says his two favorite words.
It all started about a month ago. Our son Rylan was fascinated with clocks. He liked watching the second hand move. We were trying to teach him the word for clock because when we would say the word clock he would point in its direction. When he finally tries to say the word, what does it come out as, the word, “cock.” He kept on saying the word over and over again even if there was not a clock. We just hoped he would not say that word in church. He still has not yet.
Rylan is picking up a lot of words, but, it is too bad he cannot pick up all the sounds yet. It does give us something to laugh at. Rylan is over at his grandma’s house a lot with his almost 2 year-old cousin. She likes to stand on furniture so she gets told to sit a lot. This past Thursday he picked up the word sit. He cannot make the S sound but he can make the SH sound. Which makes that word S-H-I-T. He has been saying that word over and over and over again. It does make us laugh hard. We just hope he doesn’t say cock or S-H-I-T in public.
My favorite swearing of all time was from a nephew of mine who was four at the time. His older brother is named Nicholas. He could not say the N sound but could say the D sound in its place. So it came out Dicholas. He would run around the house trying to get his older brother’s attention by saying, “Come here Dicholas.” My immature self could not help but laugh.
As a new dad, you are going to hear your kids swear. They may actually pick it up from you or they may replace letters instead. Please do your best not to swear around your kids as swearing in front of any kid does make you less of a role model
Please tell about your favorite kid swearing moment. We know they do not mean it but we all know it can be pretty funny hearing those words come out of their mouths!
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It is a bit of a catch 22, you don’t want them to swear but it is hilarious when they do. And once they see you laugh then it becomes a joke and snowballs!
Next thing you know they are point at the big “clock” while in the line up at the grocery store.