My best friend and I were talking about a daycare (whose name I’d like to blast all over the internet as BIG TIME IDIOTS, but I won’t.) her daughter recently attended. The owners of the daycare used to tell my best friend that kids do not copy other kids actions. For instance, a little boy hit her daughter with a fist. Well her daughter, who had never hit with a fist before, hit this little boy back with a fist. So you’re telling me that her daughter who, keep in mind had never hit with a fist before, just out of the blue hit him back because she just all of the sudden decided to start using her fist? Not likely. Not likely at all! When she told me the owners didn’t believe in “Monkey see, monkey do” I was completely dumbfounded. How can ANYONE possibly believe that preschoolers are not influenced by others actions? And why are these morons running a godforsaken daycare? Put my 4 and a half yr. old in a room with his uncle for an hour and see if he doesn’t come out saying “They were COOOOOONES!” every 5 minutes. (In case you’re wondering that’s a line from the movie Wedding Singer which my brother swears is the most under-rated line in a movie ever.) My point here is this;; Kids ALWAYS do what they see, always have, and always will! That’s a fact!
So my son’s teacher at school pulls me aside this past week. “Listen Elizabeth, Corbyn got into some trouble today. He said some naughty words to the kids in the toy room. See he walked in and put his hand on his hip and said “Just what in the HELLLLL are you doin’ in here?” I had to put him into time out, and tell him that there are no naughty words to be said in my class.” I know the look on my face was instant guilt. Uh oh. Damn. I’m caught. So I then admitted to Corbyn’s sweet teacher that I’m at fault. It was then that I realized that I do say that very often to Corbyn. We haven’t discussed yet that the word “Hell” is a bad word, as well as an OK word to say. She agreed with me saying “Well I figured he was just copying something you, or someone close to you guys had recently said.” (HELLO DOES ANYONE SEE THAT? SHE BELIEVES IN MOKEY SEE MONKEY DO! I knew I liked this lady for a reason.) I then told her that I would do my best to work on our foul language. (which is currently in the works. So far Corbyn is kicking my hiney in that department!) But when I had a discussion with Corbyn about it, he said it to me exactly as he said it to his friends, I could not help but laugh until I cried. (I’m human ok?!) That is without a doubt, my clone.
I’m sure that as parents we have all come across a time we’ve heard our kids say something belligerent due to the fact they’ve heard us say it. (If you’re still not in the talking phase, just wait! All kind of stuff comes out of their mouths! It’s like a faucet!) I think the only way for a kid to really learn is to actually have a laugh about it, and just be upfront with your kid about their language. After all, kids learn from your actions.
Signed,
Mom (The potty mouth!)
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