Dear Queenie,
My husband uses a lot of dirty language – swear words and foul ones – in every conversation. It’s not when he’s angry or anything, it’s just his normal way of speaking.
Now we have a baby boy and I’m afraid he will learn to talk the same way. I have asked my husband over and over to cut down on the foul talk, but he hasn’t done anything about it.
Queenie, what more can I do?—Offended wife
Dear Wife,
This is a real problem. People who talk that way have poor language skills and habits, and teaching them to do better is very difficult.
When your son starts talking and uses a foul word (which he will not even know what it means) you will have to explain to him that even though Daddy talks that way, he is not allowed to say that word.
And I wish you good luck with the language lessons.
