My Two Year Old Son Was Swearing

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According to the woman who ran the Sunshine Christian Day Care. My hubby had an opportunity to coach at our Alma Mater (a religious University in the midwest). He looked forward to it, me not so much. I took a few classes and worked in the mail room of the Student Union. Because hubby was part of the staff my classes were free and so was the daycare. So go ahead and ask me how angry I was when the leader of the Sunshine Christian Day Care took me into the office to say my two year old toddler who can't talk yet was swearing... He was what??? She said they teach the children how to say their names. Our son insisted his name was Billy Son of A B(swear word) I was outraged with that woman for even thinking my children were living with a couple of people who are not smart enough to speak without swearing.... A bad word was not in our vocabulary, never was, never will be... I calmed down and brought Billy into the office and after hugs and kisses I asked him to tell the lady what his name was. He proudly said Billy Son of A B(swear word) but it was muffled as he tried to get his tongue around the syllables. I laughed out loud and asked him “are you saying your name is Billy "our last name that starts with 'S” and he grinned and said yes... I glared at the woman, asking her if she could have pronounced our last name any better than he did if she was two years old and just learning to talk? She was embarrassed and apologized for thinking we would swear at our kids. Hubby and I had a good laugh about it later and worked hard to get him to pronounce that big name properly. We also decided we didn't want to stay at our alma mater. Their over the top Christian attitude drove us crazy as students. We decided it was a bit much to deal with as adults too. The next year we moved on thankfully and lived an interesting and fun life without swearing. And so did our Children.