It’s happened. My youngest has used a curse word – correctly even (no, I’m not proud of it, just pointing out the fact).
This weekend, my husband fell off a ladder while holding a nail gun (and there were four children in the room at the time). He tried to stabilize himself first and in the process a choice word (twice) came out of his mouth.
Fortunately, no one was hurt. But apparently, my 3-year-old grasped the concept of what was said.
So last night, when she was doing somersaults on the bed and rolled off the bed, guess what came out of her mouth!
I couldn’t believe it. Well, ok, I can. She’s a sponge when it comes to words. She soaks them up and tries them out at every turn (she loves the word “actually.”).
What could I do? I explained how we are not to use that word. “It’s a bad word,” I said.
So this morning, I said “Umm, let’s see.” And she said, “Mommy, that’s a bad word.”
Ok, so maybe she hasn’t totally grasped the concept.
