"We don't say that in our family." It took a while, but that got rid of it. We have kind of a list (hate, fat, stupid, dumb, pee, etc.)
The funniest part was when he and a neighbor boy were talking about rain and where it comes from. I said "Where do you guys think it comes from?" all set to launch into a kid-level meteorology chat. The other little boy, who goes to private Christian school, said "From God" and DS said, very seriously, "You mean FROM GOSH."
See if you can start saying "Oh my Gooooodness" in a Foghorn Leghorn voice. Funny pronunciation always intrigues my kid so she's more likely to copy it than regular speech. If we can get close enough to whatever she was saying we can get her to change.
Post by lissaholly on Jan 21, 2014 14:06:37 GMT -5
I have a five year old who put together oh my god and fuck to come up with F!ck God! as the most offensive thing to say. Mind you, she was brainstorming after we had just talked about what is not appropriate for little girls to say and deemed this the worst thing to say and said it ONLY to me. So take my advice with an iceberg of salt.
I think the tone which you say things, and your reaction to what the stay makes a difference. So use some alternative sayings with extra oomph and laugh like hell when he uses one. Here's a list: