No need for profanity.....

So, a little while ago the kids were playing in the lounge, and things had obviously been going too well for too long, because a sudden wailing from Mrs Mischief alerted me to the fact that I should tear my lazy arse away from the computer for a moment and do some honest to god parenting.

So I put on my Mum face, and stomped into the lounge room to re stake my place as top dog of the family. I could see straight away what had happened - The baby was wailing on the floor, and Captain Chaos was standing over her, her beloved purple pony in his hand. She had obviously slighted him by playing quietly on the floor with her OWN toy, and he wasn't going to let the attention be removed from him for a second.

Me: 'Oi! What's going on! Why is she crying!? Give her that back!'
Him 'NO! I WANT THIS PONY!'
Me 'No, it's hers, give it back now, or you can go and stand in the laundry until you're ready to share!'
Him: 'NO! I WANT THIS PONY!'
Me: 'It's hers, stop being a bully, give it back RIGHT NOW or go to the laundry!'
Him: 'NO I NOT. I NOT. I WANT THIS PO - NEEEEE!!!!!'
Me: 'Get to the laundry right now!'

and then it happened.....

(yes he is in his underwear.... don't ask.....)

Whoa - the F bomb!

I'm not entirely surprised, god knows I swear like a sailor, but for a kid who spent nearly 3 years saying NOTHING its a big shock when they call you a fuck. I wasn't sure how to react...

A - Ignore so he doesn't realise it's a 'forbidden word'?

B - Punish on top of the toy snatching punishment, so he's doubly punished?

C - Call him a much more effective array of swears and blow his mind?

I went with open D - Confuse the hell out of him.

'Fuck is a verb! NOT a noun! Sometimes an adjective, but not a noun, sort your grammar out and GET TO THE LAUNDRY!'

He was VERY confused. And promptly tootled off to the laundry for snatching toys off the baby.

That'll teach him.