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21 gen 2014 · Potty Talk: How Parents Can Discourage the Behavior. My three-year-old daughter’s interest in toilet training has come with an unfortunate side effect: potty talk. While I am happy to see her learning to use her potty with relative ease, I am very tired of hearing the words poopy-head, butt, and pee-pee shouted out in public places ...
- Set Rules Around Potty Talk and Cursing
- Put Yourself in Their Shoes Method
- Watch Your Own Language & What’s Used on TV, Devices, etc.
Be very clear about what language is appropriate, and inappropriate to use at home, school, with family and friends. Reinforce that while your kids may hear other kids use these words at school or on the playground, it doesn’t make it OK and they are not to repeat them. A firm, yet calm voice will do the trick to back up your rules.
Younger kids often use potty talk to get a rise out of siblings and peers. They want to have fun and joke around, not realizing that their words can hurt other people’s feelings. Ask your child to put themselves in the other person’s shoes if they’ve said something hurtful or inappropriate. Use empathy to help them see their actions from other pers...
Kids learn from their parents from observation, and less from being told what to do. How you demonstrate speaking respectfully to your partner, your kids, friends and peers, models what’s appropriate language for children to use as well. If you curse, kids won’t understand why it isn’t okay for them to use. Kids are keenly sensitive to double stand...
Toilet humor can be a powerful tool for children, but there are ways to limit the potty talk. This story was originally published on Nov. 5, 2019 on NYT Parenting. The other morning, my son...
4 mag 2022 · Yes, yes it is. But if you’ve ever spent any time around your (offending) child’s peers, you likely aren’t surprised to learn that potty talk is a very common—and thus, presumably developmentally appropriate—phenomenon that typically begins in preschool-aged kids and can continue for varying lengths of time, and for ...
- Emma Singer
Most people who care for children have run into at least one child who swears, uses "potty talk," or uses hurtful or socially unacceptable language. Sometimes children hear these words from other children or family members, while out in public, from TV and music - or even from you.
Preschoolers who have recently mastered using the potty get lots of joy from crowing over their new ability. Potty talk lets children word-play with their increasing vocabulary and share budding senses of humor as they learn to make and keep friends.
Listening to your child use foul language can be quite the shock. Use these 10 helpful tips to curb the potty talk, swearing, and foul language in your household.
