What To Do About a Toddler Who's Picked Up Bad Language?

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It appears that my daughter has picked up a particular phrase that is less than appealing to anyone within earshot. How can I break her of this?
I love how a couple of you insinuate that she picked this up from me. She's babysat five days a week, so I'm not really even the main source of communication to her most of the day, unfortunately.
 
when she uses it you tell her no! and chastise her the momment she does it, don't wait till later. have pep talks, like good talk bad talk what is and is ok to say before you even leave your home or car,let her know what is expected. you will be surprised she will understand.
 
The best thing to do imo, is to explain to her it isnt a nice thing to say, please dont say it again. Then ingore it every time she says it. If you make an issue out of it it will only get worse because she is getting attention from it. You could also teach her a new word that is difficult to say. My son was saying a not so nice phrase for a while, so i tought him Supercalafragalisticexpialladocious. When he would say the words I would ignore it and in a minute or so after ask him if he could say supercalfraga..........! He has not said it in a long time. He is older now and in kindergarden, he came home the other day and said stupid..i hate this word. I told him what it meaned and asked him not to say it again nice boys dont talk like that. he has not said it again, that i know of.
 
don't acknowledge it and don't say it aorund her again...maybe she'll forget it
 
Whatever you do, don't make a big deal out of it when she says it. (Ie. dont say NO!! to her.. she will love seeing it get a rise out of you, and will just keep doing it more because its so forbidden). Just calmly explain to her that people don't like to hear that word, it hurts people, etc, and ask her to not say it anymore because it is an ugly word.
 
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