My 2 year old has picked up a very bad curse word.....HELP!!!

Just telling a 2 year old is not going to get her to stop, I have a 3 year old granddaughter and her first word out of her mouth (cursewise) was F**K, I was appalled, she heard it from her Mother, I kept telling my daughter that children minick what they hear and sure enough she did. My daughter spanked her (through a diaper) but she got the message that it was not a good thing to say, you need to get this across to your daughter to get her to stop saying it, whatever method you use to make it clear that it is bad and wrong. I know when I said the F word to my Mother, I actually asked her what it meant I got a slap across my face, but of course, that was the old days when parents spanked children and I was in junior high school at the time.

Try not to make a big deal about it. The more animated it makes you them more she will say it. A two year old will pick things up from anywhere they hear them. Undoing the damage...well, I would say to her "That is a big person word that only grown ups get to use." We did that it seemed to work somewhat. The other thing to do is to just tell her that "it isn't nice to say that". Just say that. Don't punish her for it. Don't get angry about it. Don't be embarrassed either. If she says it to others, remove her from the situation and tell her that she cannot say that word. You might have to tell her "what words" but you can tell her that grown ups only use those words because when little kids say them people get angry and don't like that kid. (Which is sort of true LOL).Explain it in terms she can understand. That sort of depends on her developmental stage. If she's a good talker you can tell her that she can say other things like "oh darn it!" Which might be better than the other suggestions I gave. Get her to say something new and silly sounding. "Oh gosh and dingleberries!" If she asks what dingleberries are, tell her its something that makes kids cuter LOL. Doesn't have to be those words or anything...just something fun that sounds a little like the word that you want her to stop saying. And instead of correcting her by telling her "NO", then she will have an alternative that is acceptable use!

it's like the show 'meet the fockers'. did you watch that? on a more serious note, so sorry to hear abt your kid. i guess it's hard to correct a two yr old. they are not quite at the right and wrong understanding stage yet? I'm not sure cos I know very little on child cognitive devt. perhaps you could say 'mummy doesn't want you to say that'. It's not a good word. i think kids can sense disapproval. maybe you could say 'no' firmly. perhaps this works more for actions than language. hope this helps - you're a good mummy!