You may be tempted to laugh, gasp or reprimand sharply when your preschooler first uses a swear word, but Dr David Coleman says less is more when it comes to your reaction
Try not to convey a strong reaction when your child unexpectedly blurts out a swear word. Photo: Picture posed/Getty
One minute your cheerful preschooler is chattering away about dinosaurs and biscuits, and the next, out pops a curse word that would make their grandmother drop her knitting.
Whether it’s a muttered swear when they drop their toy or a loud expletive shouted across the supermarket, nothing quite prepares you for that first eruption of bad language. And yet, it happens often earlier than most parents expect.
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