Swearing Around My Kids
I have young children, 3 and 18 months. We have recently moved closer to my in laws. I get along with them all and think, as a group, they are a pretty great family to be part of. The problem is that now we live close enough to have weekly family meals I have noticed they swear, a lot. I have asked them to please watch their language around the kids, we don't speak that way and certainly don't want our children to speak that way. But they continue to speak with such foul language. I can understand that they have lived this way for a long time, and I have been here for a short 3 months. But I don't want to take my child to playschool and hear that my daughter is teaching new words to other kids. How can I approach this in a manner that I am taken seriously and listened to? My husband would like them to stop cussing, but it seems to me, like he does not want to appear like a 'pansy' or 'wuss' in front of his Dad and brothers. There are other grandchildren, but their parents seem to be okay with the language used at family dinners. So I am the first to bring this issue to the fore front. I am not an uptight parent by any means, but I think that my husband and I are articulate enough to come up with more creative ways to express ourselves than throwing the "f" bomb around in a room full of kids under 7 years of age. Thank you for any help you can offer. Also, they use a lot of nicknames (that I don't agree with) None have been directed to my children, but I know their time will come. I would like some advice on how to nip that in the bud.