I'm here listening

These days, my 3 years old son Spencer has learned a lot of new words and he sometimes really talks like his father. He picked up what we said really quick. It's so embarrassed that the teacher and one of the parents have told me that he said the F word. It's all because of my husband's language. He gets mad easily and once he's mad, particularly when he's driving or talking to his friends on the cell phone, he forgets that the children are around listening to what he says. I have to periodically remind him to mind his language.

I have invented the concept of bad words. Any word that I don't want the kids to say, I would tell them that it's a bad word. They are not supposed to say it. If they say it, I would give them a warning. The 2nd time of using this word would lead to a time-out, standing at the corner. They don't like being punished and they try to avoid using the "bad words". They will help out to catch their daddy's language. Sometimes, it can turn this into a fun game.