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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 526099" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>I am going to give you my opinion on swearing and I hope it helps. I think working on swearing is one of the most valuable things you can do for your child. </p><p></p><p>I was given some completely wrong advice by therapists over the years for my son. They told me that because we were working on some other more complex behaviors to simply ignore his swearing at us or at other people. If we did say anything to just frown slightly and say we werent happy with that talk. Oh was that the wrong approach!</p><p></p><p>We should have come down on him like a ton of bricks for any swearing he did because he was swearing from almost as soon as he could talk. I remember when he was around 4 he was fishing with his father and he was reeling in a fish and it got all the way to the bank and just as it got up and he began to take the hook out, it flopped back into the pond. He looked up at his daddy and said just as clearly as all get out "dammit, it got away!" </p><p></p><p>By the time he was in elementary school he was cussing like a sailor. I begged the therapists to help me curb this. Nope, we were working on other things. It would solve itself as other behaviors got better. Oh BS. </p><p></p><p>Today he is much better behaved but his mouth is causing him awful problems. He cusses without even realizing he is doing it. He has no clue that almost every other word out of his mouth is a cuss word. He is going to end up fired at every job he goes to because of his mouth. No one wants a person who cannot keep a civil tongue in their mouth. I blame those people who forbid me to do what I knew was the right thing. Makes me so mad now. I should have used my own judgement but I thought I was doing the right thing in following their plans. </p><p></p><p>Looking back I would have given my son a paycheck for going to school and he would have had to pay me for every cuss word that came out of his mouth. I do think that would have cured him because he is very motivated by money.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 526099, member: 1514"] I am going to give you my opinion on swearing and I hope it helps. I think working on swearing is one of the most valuable things you can do for your child. I was given some completely wrong advice by therapists over the years for my son. They told me that because we were working on some other more complex behaviors to simply ignore his swearing at us or at other people. If we did say anything to just frown slightly and say we werent happy with that talk. Oh was that the wrong approach! We should have come down on him like a ton of bricks for any swearing he did because he was swearing from almost as soon as he could talk. I remember when he was around 4 he was fishing with his father and he was reeling in a fish and it got all the way to the bank and just as it got up and he began to take the hook out, it flopped back into the pond. He looked up at his daddy and said just as clearly as all get out "dammit, it got away!" By the time he was in elementary school he was cussing like a sailor. I begged the therapists to help me curb this. Nope, we were working on other things. It would solve itself as other behaviors got better. Oh BS. Today he is much better behaved but his mouth is causing him awful problems. He cusses without even realizing he is doing it. He has no clue that almost every other word out of his mouth is a cuss word. He is going to end up fired at every job he goes to because of his mouth. No one wants a person who cannot keep a civil tongue in their mouth. I blame those people who forbid me to do what I knew was the right thing. Makes me so mad now. I should have used my own judgement but I thought I was doing the right thing in following their plans. Looking back I would have given my son a paycheck for going to school and he would have had to pay me for every cuss word that came out of his mouth. I do think that would have cured him because he is very motivated by money. [/QUOTE]
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