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writes:I just received custody of my 2 1/2 old Granddaughter. She has a bad a habit of using a bad word when she gets angry. I know she is missing her parents right now and she probably just acting out, but how do I stop her from using bad words. I tell her that they are bad words and she shouldn't use them and even threated to put alittle hot sauce or pepper in her mouth. What is a correct way of handle this. Reply to this Question
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reader, yayanana +, writes (17 January 2008):
yayanana is verified as being by the original poster of the questionMy Granddaughter has stopped swearing but now she hates everyone and everything.If anyone walks into the room she in ,she tell them to get out and she doesn't like them. When I took her shopping, she tell everyone that they are bad or she hates them. She just has a very negative attitude. So use to be so sweet and happy. She calls herself a bad girl, and when I ask why she bad, she can never give me an answer. This usually happen when she comes back from a two day visit with her other grandparent and her father. We have been ignoring her and tell her to go to her room if she doesn't want to sit with us.She never mean to me its everyone else. I just don't know where all the negative feeling are coming from. Help
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reader, rcn + ♥, writes (17 January 2008):
 Work with her on positive direction of her anger. Assure her, it's OK to be angry, but instead of using this bad word, let's try something else. It's just a matter of retraining her to respond different.
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reader, rockelle +, writes (18 December 2007):
 My son did the same thing at that age and everyone would go OOOOOOOHHHH he said a curse. So I told everyone when he says a bad word do not act so amused and I would say to him that is not how we speak to each other in this house and 2 minutes in the corner eventually he stopped.
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reader, anonymous, writes (10 December 2007): I have a three year old and she went through a time of using bad words. Its funny how they can use them in exactly the right context.
Anyway, I tried giving her into trouble as you have done and it only made her say them even more. I found with her if I ignored them each time rather than drawing attention to them she soon stopped. It might sound silly but every time a wanted to swear I made an effort to use a really stupid word in its place. she now used them too.
Hope this helps
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