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howleyshell
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Can we discuss potty talk?
howleyshell
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I need help and figured you BTDT moms could be a great resource.
The potty talk has begun at 3 and 4.
By potty talk I mean thinking farting, pooping, butts and penis' are the funniest things on earth.
I started out thinking just ignore and it will die down.
It's not dying down and now it's becoming an issue.
I've tried explaining that there are inappropriate times to discuss these things (like at the table or in public) but that's just made it more fun. We got the table conversation under control by cracking down.
So here's the question:
Do I just suck it up and live the rest of my life in a fraternity house?
I don't have a problem with it in small doses but frankly it's in huge doses and it's old already. I suspect it will get worse as they get into kindy and 1st and frankly I don't want my kids to be the ones starting this kinda thing in the class room.
Will this pass and if so, when?
What if any boundaries do you set for potty talk?
Our IF journey: 1 m/c, 1 IVF with only 3 eggs retrieved yielding Dylan and a lost twin, 1 shocker unmedicated BFP resulting in Jace, 3 more unmedicated pregnancies ending in more losses.
Total score: 6 pregnancies, 5 losses, 2 amazing blessings that I'm thankful for every single day.
Total score: 6 pregnancies, 5 losses, 2 amazing blessings that I'm thankful for every single day.
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Re: Can we discuss potty talk?
we tell our kids that "potty talk" belongs in the bathroom..they are MORE than welcome to talk nasty to the toilet.
THey go in there....and with no audience it is boring, so it stops pretty quick.
That said...I LOVE the word fart...and it isn't classified as potty talk in my house.
We don't really have that problem in our house.... but the girls say other words/phrases that I am constantly reminding them not to say and to use the other word.
I would treat it like any other rule they are breaking, time out, or whatever you normally do first for a rule breaker.
I also want to add that I visited DD for lunch yesterday. I was at the table with no teachers b/c they were still in the line with other students. At the table were about 6 girls and 1 boy who start hysterically laughing. I asked what happened and the girl said the boy said poop, and they started cracking up again. lol
I just said they need to keep it quiet, not to "trash talk". I guess it's just the age... and boys. lol
I love this!!
I love this!!
The age spread and gender difference helps to naturally keep this in check in my house. Any time my 6 y/o starts getting really excited about farts, his butt, his "sausage," poop, or anything else related to the bathroom, his bossy-boots big sis is there to lay the snotty 5th grade girl smackdown on him.
I think that if you continue to make it clear that this kind of tantalizing talk is not appropriate public conversation, they'll naturally kind of "get it" that school is not the place to make fart jokes.
Although... I have to confess that my 9th grade students (okay, boys mostly) still get giggly over stuff like this.
This is exactly what we do, it works really fast!
Pretty much this. They know enough to do this at school and in public. At home I'm a little more lenient and will let them get it out of their system until they annoy me, so long as they are not calling someone else poopy names. I will also ask them to use substitute words. Instead of stupid, it's silly. Instead of poop, it's something else (I don't care, as long as it's age appropriate).