My six-year old's favourite bands are Green Day and Bad Religion. We have always simply told him that those words are out there, but not for use in normal conversation. That way, when you hit yourself with the hammer and drop and F-Bomb, you brush it off as an unexpected outburst. It seems to work, I don't think my son has sworn yet, even though he knows all the words. We just don't make a big deal about them so there's no 'forbidden' pleasure in saying them.
Our point of view is that we don't mind if the word slips out now and again as long as it's never directed at another person.
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