4 Ways to Handle Profanity from Your Kids (And Why It’s Not Just Your Fault!)
Well said! Keeping your cool is so important because, like you said, kids feed off the excitement of parents reaction.…
W hoa! Where did you hear that?
If your child uses a bad word at home, he or she may well have heard it from you. If you needed a reason to clean up your language, now you have a very powerful one!
On the other hand, there are a few reasons why it may not be completely your fault. For example:
Technology is quickly making parental controls a thing of the past. For example, the “best” clips from TV shows are: a) usually the “worst” for kids and b) usually available on YouTube. Parental controls are not perfect and let’s face it, these days it seems like children are born knowing how to circumvent them. Think for a second about what you were playing with when you were a kid. Well, your kid is playing with your smartphone. Go figure.