Overusing the word "sorry"

roses25

Aiden overuses sorry, and I don't know why because I've never forced him to say sorry. He seems to think that every single thing that he does wrong or naughty can be dismissed just by saying sorry. Anyone else have a child that overuses sorry? What do you do about it?

Maybe I should be happy that I have a polite little 3 year old who naturally uses sorry, please, thank you, etc. But this sorry thing is too much. He seems to think he can be naughty as long as he says sorry.

roses25

Also do you think he sees some pretty bad temper tantrums at headstart? He gets really mad at times and tell me things like he's going to shoot me, etc. and he scratches me, etc. when he doesn't get his way. This started before baby Addison was born, but after starting at head start, so I thought maybe he sees kids saying and doing this at school. He told me the other day that he was going to find a new mommy that doesn't have rules which saddened me but I'm glad I'm a mommy who has rules for my children.

Carolyn

old mama

Yes, my children picked up a lot of bad behaviors and words while in Headstart...just keep chugging along telling him what he is doing is inappropriate and YOU are not going to stand for it. I also agree the "I'm sorry" stops meaning anything and I agree I have had insidents too where they think just because they say I'm sorry they think they can do and say anything. Aiden has had a lot of huge changes in his life with baby sister and starting a new school so he is going to test you like crazy. It is hard being a single mom, with a newborn, a new home (?), and a job you might not be back at but definitely with teaching it is on your mind..Hang in there Mama...I do feel it gets better once your routine is established and Aiden knows just how far he can push Mama!

annerbones

I don't know that you can blame it on "Head Start" I teach at an aflluent preschool this year and I have heard the f work from children daily, as well as our share of behavioral issues.

I think it is an age and a stage that children go through, you tell him that children do not talk like that or speak like that. Be firm in what your expectations are.

Kari

Justin went through a phase where explaining bad behavior made it okay in his mind. We're still working through it and it's a lot less frequent. He also started making random objects into guns and when he disagrees with me he tells me he's going to live without mom and Juliet. 20 minutes later he works through his issues and we're back to normal. I'm sure it's just another awesome stage with Aiden as well!