Originally Posted by Britt507:
In the daycare center that I work at [three to five year olds], we are having a bit of a problem with the kids saying not so nice words.
We've had a child stand up and call an older girl a bitch. Then we have a couple of other children using the word 'mother f***er'.
We've never had this problem before and therefore, we don't really have a well established policy for it.
I was wondering what you do with kids that say things like this? We are at a loss.
Thanks!
What does the Director say to do?
I would have a NO TOLERANCE policy for this type of behavior.
Originally Posted by Michael:
You know why you don't even see that word on this forum? We don't allow it and if someone continually used it, they would not be a member here. That's our policy. I would terminate. That language is like a disease. If you don't cure it or get rid of it, it will spread.
zero tolerance
Originally Posted by Mike:
That's very true. Even adults are influenced. I hate to admit it, but I remember back when I was 16. I got a job at a factory working with 3 other guys doing shelf stocking. All they did was swear. After a couple months I suddenly realised I was swearing too, and I never did that before. I quit the job.
Kids talking like that need to be stopped, by the parents, or they need to go.
My grandmother always told us that words like that are used by those not educated or smart enough to use proper words.
Appearing "cool" in front of friends never sounded very appealing when those same words meant I was not so smart so I opted to go with grandma's advice as a kid and never developed the bad habit of using that type of language.
