Swearing and Violent Play
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:42 am
Hi everyone!
I have been using Aussie childcare for years but had never signed up for an account so here's to my first forum post
I have a burning question for everyone that I have had since beginning in childcare 5 years ago;
When a child comes in swearing and the parents do not take the matter seriously or are unable to sort the behaviour, what steps does your centre take to rectify the problem?
For a bit of background, we have a child who is allowed to play COD & Grand Theft Auto at home, so is well aware of violence and swearing. This child is a preschooler and is currently spreading this behaviour around the room.
To give you an insight, we have quite the problem with the 'F' word (any swear word to the children at our centre) we are mainly having a problem with the word 'Sh1@t' and the word 'Fu$#*%g'. These two words spreading to the younger rooms is just not acceptable so we finally cut down on the amount of swearing happening but now we've had a parent come in complaining that her 4 year old son has been saying that he is 'going to cut your throat' (something we can only imagine was learned from the child who plays COD) and we want to assure this parent that the necessary steps are being taken to resolve this issue.
This is where we need a bit of help, we want to visually show parents that we are being proactive and provide them with solutions to use at home. Is there any articles, websites or flyers that anyone knows of that we can show parents or even use ourselves to help with tackling antisocial behaviours and violent behaviour.
Thanks everyone
I have been using Aussie childcare for years but had never signed up for an account so here's to my first forum post
I have a burning question for everyone that I have had since beginning in childcare 5 years ago;
When a child comes in swearing and the parents do not take the matter seriously or are unable to sort the behaviour, what steps does your centre take to rectify the problem?
For a bit of background, we have a child who is allowed to play COD & Grand Theft Auto at home, so is well aware of violence and swearing. This child is a preschooler and is currently spreading this behaviour around the room.
To give you an insight, we have quite the problem with the 'F' word (any swear word to the children at our centre) we are mainly having a problem with the word 'Sh1@t' and the word 'Fu$#*%g'. These two words spreading to the younger rooms is just not acceptable so we finally cut down on the amount of swearing happening but now we've had a parent come in complaining that her 4 year old son has been saying that he is 'going to cut your throat' (something we can only imagine was learned from the child who plays COD) and we want to assure this parent that the necessary steps are being taken to resolve this issue.
This is where we need a bit of help, we want to visually show parents that we are being proactive and provide them with solutions to use at home. Is there any articles, websites or flyers that anyone knows of that we can show parents or even use ourselves to help with tackling antisocial behaviours and violent behaviour.
Thanks everyone