Hi can anyone help my son is getting really bad at swearing I have asked for him to stop but now he says for f word sake all the time and when told he is swearing he says he say's he is not, which really he isn't but everybody knows what it means it's getting really embarrassing and school have pulled me up on this numerous times
Please help
Avy
My daughter used to swear when speaking to me, just to annoy me, I think. It is maybe, a form of rebellion.
Sometimes it is better to ignor unwanted behaviour, rather than making an issue of it.
You could set aside a moment when he hasn't sworn for a while, and discuss it in terms of what other people will think of him for speaking like that. Some people say it shows a lack of vocabulary eg, so you could look for alternative words, with more relevant meanings. I made my children look up the words in the dictionary, so they knew what they were saying. I left them to it, when they did that. My son swore very little after that, but as I say, my daughter swore to annoy.
You could then be selectively deaf when he uses unacceptable language, just not respond when he asks for things, say. Or ask him to think of alternatives every time (or offer suggestions). There's nothing quite like annoying them back, in a very polite way, to wear them down. I think we have given up on the old fashioned idea of scrubbing the mouth out with soap and water, they'd ring child line now, wouldnt they. 
Good luck
My daughter used to swear when speaking to me, just to annoy me, I think. It is maybe, a form of rebellion.
Sometimes it is better to ignor unwanted behaviour, rather than making an issue of it.
You could set aside a moment when he hasn't sworn for a while, and discuss it in terms of what other people will think of him for speaking like that. Some people say it shows a lack of vocabulary eg, so you could look for alternative words, with more relevant meanings. I made my children look up the words in the dictionary, so they knew what they were saying. I left them to it, when they did that. My son swore very little after that, but as I say, my daughter swore to annoy.
You could then be selectively deaf when he uses unacceptable language, just not respond when he asks for things, say. Or ask him to think of alternatives every time (or offer suggestions). There's nothing quite like annoying them back, in a very polite way, to wear them down. I think we have given up on the old fashioned idea of scrubbing the mouth out with soap and water, they'd ring child line now, wouldnt they.
Good luck
