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[quote=Anonymous]Even if you move him, you will deal with this again, so it’s important that you have some strategies to address it when it’s not something you can ignore. Kids experiment with all sorts of behavior. Making noises, for instance, I would probably ignore unless he’s disrupting something specific like a dinner conversation. It’ll get old fast enough. If it’s something you can’t ignore, like really inappropriate words, disruptive, or spitting (I would probably not ignore spitting either), then I would say “I noticed you’re saying these words that you didn’t say before. Did you hear/see someone else do that?” If he says his friend or someone at school, say calmly “I understand you heard Larlo say that/saw Larlo spit. We don’t say those words/spit in our house. You can make a different choice.” If it’s something like spitting I would treat it like any other boundary in your house if it keeps happening.

Continue to empower your child that they can make different choices with their behavior, even when they see others do it. As he gets older, you can ask things like “what do you think about that?” as a starting point if they share something about a behavior they witnessed. It will be better if your child feels comfortable sharing those things with you long term. Later on your child will be able to understand more about why some kids might have different behaviors, but for now I would just keep it simple “in our house/family we don’t do that”. [/quote]

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