F*** instead of truck : o

[Crayola kiddies]

I have a dcb who will be 3 in the summer and he is a late talker .... He says f**k instead of truck .... But he can say tractor . If I say to him "say tr uck " he says "tr f**k" so I decided to just say car or van ... Now I have another dcb who just turned 2 before Christmas and does not say too many words ... Car was always his favourite and now he says Fruck and parents are less then impressed ...mind you when first child started this I gave a heads up to all other parents..... So the question of the day is ...... Any suggestions of how to correct this?

[sunnydays]

I'm sorry...I am laughing too hard to give any advice! My 21 month old daughter says "sh*t" instead of "sit" and her almost four year old brother has the opposite problem and cannot say the "sh" sound, so he knows the bad word (learned it from his teenaged brother), but when he says it, it comes out "sit". And then he asks me "Is sit a bad word?"...well, it depends what you mean by it! hahahaha!

[playfelt]

Time and smirking out of sight.

First the adults are upset because they know the word that is too close - kids don't and he isnt' doing it on purpose. He can say tractor becuase the vowel sound that follows the tr puts the tongue into a different position.

My daughter was a dreadful talker and has speech therapy. She basically learned to speak letter by letter. Some you put the tongue to the front of your mouth against your teeth, some you curl it to the back, etc. Then when you group letters into blends you have to find a middle ground for the tongue. The more he uses his mouth to talk the sooner the sounds will come. R is a hard sound to make and then mix it in a blend compounds that. It is the R sound he is missing so work on words that start with r. We played silly word using the vowels a,e,i,o,u such as ran, ren, rin, ron, run so practice rack, reck, rick, rock, ruck. When he can say ruck correctly consistently then do the blend so now it becomes treck, trick, track, trock, truck. Clap your hands as you say the chant - basically you are counting to five. Start slowly to get all of the sounds then speed it up - the speeding up helps it to become more automatic to make that sound.

Do it with all of the kids under the quise of language and phonics so he doesn't feel centred out. If you still see no progress over time then he may need to be assessed for speech.

[Crayola kiddies]

I too think it hilarious ...... But the second set of parents don't !!! My own son says "assss" instead of yes and four comes out like "whore" but it will evolve eventually and I don't really react to it other then a little chuckle ... I try not to chuckle in front if the parents. Thanks for all the advise playfelt ! I knew you'd come through for me ; ).

[playfelt]

Parents and their hangups is my hangup,lol.

[Momof4]

My baby sister used to say fruck for truck too and I come from a family of farmers. My Mom was mortified and taught her to say 'pickup' instead of truck.

If this dcb were one of mine it wouldn't bother me at all, he'll get it soon.

[Crayola kiddies]

Well it doesnt really bother me but it does bother the parents of the younger child and they are young parents themselves ( actually everybody is young to me haha) and maybe they think it's a reflection on them but it's just a stage .... All these sounds and consonant blends are tough for their little mouths and it's nit like he says it after he falls down or Stubbs his toe he's pointing to a picture in a book or a toy in his hand ..... But I do like the "pick up" suggestion ..... Haga I'll try that tomorrow.

[Sandbox Sally]

I said F%^K for truck. My uncles used to run with it, and my dad used to get mad at them. With this knowledge, it was pretty hard for me to think that my son was a bad kid when he did the same with one of my dck's who pronounced truck the same way.

Parents need to take the stick out and deal with it. Yeesh.

[parentof1]

thanks for the laugh I needed that

[Play and Learn]

When my nephew was learning to speak, he could say truck on it's own, but when paired with another word it came out differently! They WILL get it, and the parents just have to relax. Don't make a big deal out of it, and repeat the word correctly to them.

Nephew would say Dumbfuck for DumpTruck, and toefuck for TowTruck. This only lasted for 2 weeks to much of my brothers (my nephews dad) and I! lol My sis-in-law was happy!

Thanks for the laugh! Can't stand parents who need to be in control like that all the time!