emmaj85867 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 floyd has been saying a few choice words of late that by the way he knew when we had him can anyone give me some advice on how the best way of stopping him saying this would be as i have a four year old grandson and a 3 week old grandson who spend a considerable amount of time with us any help appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemyGreys Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 You wont be able to stop him saying the rude words,The only thing you can do is ignore it when he says it.Dont show any reaction when he swears & dont tell him off, Praise & fuss him when he says nice things & ignore all the bad,if you react to the bad language you will just be reinforcing something you are trying to stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Wash his Beak out with Soap ;-) .....Just kidding! LMG gives good advice. After time passes and he does not hear you saying those words ( too often ;-) )or reacting to them, they will just be used by him less frequently and eventually go away....hopefully. Only time will tell.<br><br>Post edited by: danmcq, at: 2007/09/05 11:52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toni Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Hopefully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tari Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 You can ignore the words that is a good start and try to teach him words that sound like the words he is saying and hope he starts saying those instead. Example Truck, or Duck. Sheet or Get. It can take months but don't give up. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Not much you can do to stop it, now that he knows the words, but do as the others recommended, ignore the cuss words and praise the good words and eventually he will say them less and less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monique Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 You've got great advice thus far. Best of luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loviechick Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Just don't acknowledge the words when he's saying them....even the slightest thing like you shaking your head, or saying don't say that etc etc is a response nonetheless. Just do not respond to what he is saying....I've noticed with mine, if I respond to them when they learn new words they repeat them over and over, but if I don't say those words around them, or encourage the behavior by laughing, telling them to stop or whatever, they've stopped saying it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmaj85867 Posted September 6, 2007 Author Share Posted September 6, 2007 thanks all will take all your advice on board and just hope for the best and hope it will work :cheer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Be sure to let us know if it improves any or even if it doesn't, just keep us informed.:blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loviechick Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Ditto to what Judy said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eve Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 I have a couple of potty mouths too. Lego swears like a French Quebecer and has managed to teach Tonka some words. Its so frustrating to see such beautiful intelligent creatures cuss like they do. Lego had been here about 6-7 monthes now. Still swears quite a bit. He swears and then laughs, and tehn Tonka laughs. Hey, I ignore them, but they are having so much fun together... I don't know if it has any effect... I agree with the ignoring, completely. Don't even turn your head or look at him. Try and make a big deal when you use the replacement word. Like stub your toe or something and start yelling "Duck duck duck"... hopefully he will pick up on that cause its similar and used in a high energy (drama) context. I got some tough words to find rhymes for myself...<br><br>Post edited by: eve, at: 2007/09/06 06:29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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