Last Updated on April 16, 2020
Last Updated on April 16, 2020
Your child is learning how to be a person, so you need to keep that in mind when trying to educate them. If, for example, they use a swear word, and you laugh it off, they will tend to do it again.
If that second time you ground them, you are sending mixed signals. You should always address the same issues in the same way, to reinforce behavioral patterns. One of the biggest parenting mistakes is to allow certain behaviors inside your house, and then condemn them when you are out in public. Consistency is the key.