There are many things that are supposed to be child proof these days. I had an upset stomach the other day and tried to open the lid of my stress liquid (the cheap Pepto Bismol) but it was one of those childproof lids. I pushed down, I turned, nothing happened. I pushed some more and turned, still nothing happened.

I finally decided that I was just too stressed to take any of that stress liquid. Who says they're child proof? I think they're adult proof. You have to have the skill of a safe cracker to open some of these lids.

But there are other things that should be child proofed but aren't. Too bad we can't make swear words childproof.

My husband was in the Navy for four years and he was very efficient at swearing. He blamed his Navy time for his bad habit of swearing.

One day when my girls were very young, we were driving in Denver when Daddy looked in the rear view mirror. "That !@#$%%^ is really close on our bumper," he growled.

We drove a bit farther. Then a little voice from the back seat chanted "Daddy, that !@#$%^ is still on our bumper."

"Linda," I ordered. "Never ever talk like your Daddy."

You have to childproof your language when you have a little four-year-old around.