Some friends were trying to get their five year old to stop using a couple of cuss words he had picked up from who knows where. The kid of course only said them to provoke a reaction, not because he knew what they meant.
The two step procedure… Stop reacting in any way when he said the undesired words.
Convince him that the word “mustache” was a shocking word by reacting in mock horror when he said it.
I don’t know how successful this was long-term. But I do know that it is hilarious to see a five year old say, “AW, MUSTACHE !” when he wants to cuss.
I think it’s a rerun. My granddaughters ate now 9 and 11. They wouldn’t appreciate this strip as much as the would have a few months ago. Now they’d say, “Boys.” Car rides have gotten more sedate.
We told our four-year-old (gods, three decades ago!) that there were people, such as teachers and grandparents, around whom he had to watch his language or there would be consequences he’d be unhappy with—but he could say whatever words he wanted when he was home and no one but his parents were around. (Since we were pretty free with our language at home, anything else would have been hypocritical.) We got home that evening and he spent an hour or so sitting on the living room couch yelling “ca-ca!” and “doo-doo!” while we carried on with our evening. I don’t think we had a problem after that.
Malcolm Hall almost 5 years ago
Truly boffo!
Gent almost 5 years ago
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
jimmjonzz Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Some friends were trying to get their five year old to stop using a couple of cuss words he had picked up from who knows where. The kid of course only said them to provoke a reaction, not because he knew what they meant.
The two step procedure… Stop reacting in any way when he said the undesired words.
Convince him that the word “mustache” was a shocking word by reacting in mock horror when he said it.
I don’t know how successful this was long-term. But I do know that it is hilarious to see a five year old say, “AW, MUSTACHE !” when he wants to cuss.
comixbomix almost 5 years ago
Tales from the White House…
willie_mctell almost 5 years ago
I think it’s a rerun. My granddaughters ate now 9 and 11. They wouldn’t appreciate this strip as much as the would have a few months ago. Now they’d say, “Boys.” Car rides have gotten more sedate.
The Brooklyn Accent almost 5 years ago
We told our four-year-old (gods, three decades ago!) that there were people, such as teachers and grandparents, around whom he had to watch his language or there would be consequences he’d be unhappy with—but he could say whatever words he wanted when he was home and no one but his parents were around. (Since we were pretty free with our language at home, anything else would have been hypocritical.) We got home that evening and he spent an hour or so sitting on the living room couch yelling “ca-ca!” and “doo-doo!” while we carried on with our evening. I don’t think we had a problem after that.
Indianapolis Smith almost 5 years ago
Nobody seems to think it very funny when I do that.
bigplayray over 3 years ago
I love the randomness of this strip!