Here is a good question from Kristi. This is something I'm concerned about too.
"My son is about to start kindergarten and I am worried about the bad language that he’ll hear at school. How do I teach him about bad words without giving him more information than he needs? I don’t really want to list off every bad word in the dictionary, but I feel like he needs to know something about them. Help!"
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I think you wait until they come home with it and then you teach them "we don't use words like that in our home." And you don't make it a big deal because when it becomes a big deal then it becomes more fun to use them.
I think you will be surprised it isn't so much bad words that they learn when they start school but hurtful words.
This is my personal opinion though.
I would agree with the comment above. Plus, I think when they hear bad words at school they usually will also recognize them as such.
I have older boys, and have dealt with the issue of hearing inappropriate things (language & content) at school with both of them. We need to prepare our kids to be part of the world without being part OF the world. Ya know? It's inevitable they are going to hear stuff, and to shelter them would be a shame... but like the above posts said... it's best to just let them know when the time comes and teach them then. It might take a few reminders, and don't be too shocked if it does. Kids are kids, but the sooner they learn this stuff the better!
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