F*** word

In the POV workshop that I just attended, Hiromi Sensei mentioned this.

She says that when our children say some dirty language or bad words, if we ignore them, it will eventually go away.

BUT if we kick up a big fuss over it, then it is likely that the child will continue to say these words again and again.

The other day, we brought Ace out for dinner with Eddie and Josephine.

During the dinner, Eddie got carried away talking about something that he forgot that Ace was around. "Fuck man.." eddie said. "Oei, please watch your language, there are children around.. " Jo told him.

"Sorry sorry.." and then the day went on...

Then two days later, he told me suddenly, "I am reading a book..."and the took out this LAW book and started flipping it while he 'read aloud..."

"Eddie gor gor fuck fuck fuck..."

I paused at what I am doing, careful not to react or have a change in expression and observed what he was doing.

"Eddie gor gor fuck fuck fuck..."

"Eddie gor gor... " and then he went on to literally described what he saw Eddie do that whole night we were together.

Phew.. thank goodness I had no reaction. After that, he did not mention that word again...

I told Max about this and he laughed and said, "Ok, no more dinners with Eddie.. hahahaha!"

Me and max discussed how we would explain what that word is to Ace when he grows up though. Max says he will tell Ace that it is a verb that has many meanings.. hahaha ;)

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