LO & bad words

dee12807

T has said 'oh shiit' a few times, but it seemed to be a passing thing. Now he has picked up the word 'crap.' As in 'mommy there's crap on my chair' (talking about crumbs). I tried to tell him today that it's a word for big people, not kids - he of course looked at me like I was crazy. So when I said something to H about it, he says 'since when did crap become a bad word?' Really? I think it's totally inappropriate for a 2yo to use the word crap in his every day vocabulary. H thinks I'm overreacting am I? Would you let your LO use crap as a regular word? Or do you consider it a bad word for a kid? Please be honest, I need to know if I'm being 'that' crazy person about this.

Edited for punctuation... Stupid mobile!

keags5496

I def wouldn't want my little guy saying crap. He's on occasion picked how word we don't like and we do what the PP said...we repeat what he said using the correct word.

lrn327

I wouldn't want C saying crap so you're not alone there.  He's said "shoot" a couple times this past week and that kind of bugs me too coming out of a 2-year-old even though it's clearly not a bad word.

pitterpatter129

I put crap in the "bad word" category and wouldn't be happy if my kid was saying it. That said, I know we say it around him sometimes.  We should probably stop that right now.  We try really hard, but sometimes it slips out.  Kids at school in my classes don't think crap is a bad word either and don't always understand why they have to move their clip or sit in time out for saying it.  I don't tolerate it in my classroom though.

dee12807

letranger:

Instead of saying adult word just correct him. Oh there are "crumbs" on your chair.

I do try this, but he gets mad and tells me I'm wrong Also, I'm pretty sure he picked this word up the same place he got shiit from... *ahem* MIL

EMOmamma

I don't consider crap a bad word but I know others do. Strangely it wasn't a bad word for me growing up but "butt" was.

xxbabycakesxx

I agree its a bad word for a 2 year old.

Dh told me growing up that "sucks" was a bad word as in "this sucks." what do you guys think?

missmuffin87

Crap, butt and sucks are all bad words in my opinion. To this day I would never say them in front of my mother.

That being said I do curse at home and hazel has repeated "oh crap" a few times. I don't really worry about it at this point though because she's only ever said it right after FI or I say it.

Five Months to Plan

xxbabycakesxx:

I agree its a bad word for a 2 year old. Dh told me growing up that "sucks" was a bad word as in "this sucks." what do you guys think?

I do not like sucks. I do not really like crap. I try not to use it but it does not bother me more than sucks. I am a high school teacher, and my students know sucks is a bad word in my classroom. I just request they do not use it and correct them when they do. Fart and butt were bad words when I was growing up, but they do not bother me now. 

jarebearsmom

xxbabycakesxx:

I agree its a bad word for a 2 year old.

Dh told me growing up that "sucks" was a bad word as in "this sucks." what do you guys think?

I was told the same thing growing up. I try not to say it around DS along with crap because I just don't want my 2 yr old saying it. The last time I said "oh crap!" DS walked around the house singing it over and over. We don't curse or say "fart" so those words he automatically doesn't hear but crap, shoot, and sucks, we try to not say around him

EVM1216

I don't want DD say crap, sucks, or butt.  Although I know I have used all in front of her multiple times.    Bad momma!

DD drop something today and said "Oh dear!"  I was pretty happy about that.  I don't think she got it from me though.