Dippy bird
12-02-2010, 02:24 PM
Hi
I have only just started childminding,and I have got a small child who is almost three.When her parents came to see me,her father warned me that her and her older brother are going through a swearing stage.I was fine and said I would keep an eye out for it.Anyway,the first week was fine,no swearing at all. This week,she decided that she wanted to slap me in my face,I told her that we didn't hit people and that her hitting me made me sad.She continued to try and slap me, so I gently held her hands away from my face so that she couldn't do it again. She then came out with a word that really shocked me :eek: . I chose to ignore it and turned away from her-she said it again,but I didn't react. Was I right not to give her a reaction? I did tell her dad and he said that they tell her not to say rude words (clearly not worked).I found with my kids when they were that age that by reacting to them made it worse. What do you do?
I have only just started childminding,and I have got a small child who is almost three.When her parents came to see me,her father warned me that her and her older brother are going through a swearing stage.I was fine and said I would keep an eye out for it.Anyway,the first week was fine,no swearing at all. This week,she decided that she wanted to slap me in my face,I told her that we didn't hit people and that her hitting me made me sad.She continued to try and slap me, so I gently held her hands away from my face so that she couldn't do it again. She then came out with a word that really shocked me :eek: . I chose to ignore it and turned away from her-she said it again,but I didn't react. Was I right not to give her a reaction? I did tell her dad and he said that they tell her not to say rude words (clearly not worked).I found with my kids when they were that age that by reacting to them made it worse. What do you do?