Teach useful words to cure child swearing

Imagine the sight of a very foul-mouthed five year-old who throws blue language as if it was part of his or her curriculum at kindergarten.

Child swearing is an act through which children employ profane or foul language when communicating, usually when angry or frustrated.
Bafana Loeto* is nine years old and he is in Standard Three. He has the 'f' word and other Setswana expletives too strong to be written, ready whenever he is angry or frustrated.

To his mother's surprise, Bafana came home one day complaining about a bully at school who always took his pencils.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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