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It may be an attention seeking behavior. If you’ve been particularly busy or they’ve indicated that they want more of your attention this may be the case.
I use this word often as a filler - behavioral conditioning from previous work and my upbringing. I’ve made it less of my vocabulary over the last couple years, but it took work.
My son at 3 starting saying “F*ck it” at preschool, and it got back to me. I asked a lot of why questions to him and how he came about it - none of which was from dad. I never told him don’t say it. I simply told him that sometimes big kids say things that are naughty, and though it happens we still don’t want to be naughty. I never heard him say it again.
Recently, I was flustered talking to my fiancé in the kitchen. My 3 yo daughter assisting with breakfast immediately caught me “we don’t say f*cking!” I said “hey!” And I stoped myself. I said “you’re right sweetie,” and apologized saying dad is being naughty. She said I should go to my room.
Point is, it’s going to happen. Any seasoned child caregiver knows this. Yes, culturally we have to teach them it’s a bad thing. They catch on quickly, but they will move on. It just takes positive reinforcement.
I find that when you make a big deal over it they take it as a game and think it’s funny. We had to change our choice of words and what we watch when the repeating phase was going strong.
You gotta go scorched earth. Find whatever it is he/ she likes and say it’s going in the trash if you hear it again. If he / she says it again, Throw something out they love
Harsh but true. Negative reinforcement is your only tool here
As M1 said, get a garbage bag and make him give you toys to throw out every time he says the word. Make sure it’s the toys he loves. Provide positive reinforcement the next day if he doesn’t say the word by giving him a toy back. Rinse and repeat.
Where did he learn to say it? Tough to get him to stop if he’s hearing it on a frequent basis from people he knows.