Teaching Your Children Manners
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One thing that parents do not do enough of these days is to teach their children manners. Being polite and respectful is nearly lost these days and it is refreshing to see little ones and pre-teens using some manners once in a while. An example that we instill this in our children was during Halloween on friday, our toddler who is 1 week away from two years old without us even having to remind him exclaimed “Thank You” to every person who handed him candy on Halloween. He is so exuberant that my baby will repeatedly say thank you even for the smallest gestures like when a waitress hands him crayons at a restaurant. Most people think he is so cute that he apologizes almost every time without even needing reminding.
It is in his nature to be very appreciate, he also says excuse me when he burbs and sneezes and is saying please about 60% of the time when he asks for something. Parents are the ultimate role models for their children and they lead by example. If you are polite to people your kids will pick it up and model after you, so remember to use please and thank you, whether you are being served at a restaurant or just working with someone in your day to day.
We all could use a little more etiquette and have our manners polished a little, lets start by trying to become better role models for our children and make the next generation more polite and respectful than the current one appears to be.
-Justin Germino
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I taught my daughter manners also and even though she’s 21 now, she still uses them. The people she has met along the way as she has grown, she always notices their manners. They are still very important to her as they will when she starts her family.
I wish more people would follow your lead and do the same. Manners are never out of date! Parents should make that a top priority along with respect. The world would be a much better place!
Thanks for people like you. Keep up the good work! God bless you and your family.
Thank you for your kind words and sharing your families values as well.
Wow Dragon, I hope you don’t mind me stealing a bit of your blog! This is going to be my next topic of discussion over on my blog. It’s become a rather disgusting place we live. Parents are the ULTIMATE role models. I myself have two loving, respectful, and courteous parents who taught me that manners can get you quite far in life. People without manners get under my skin like no other. I can’t believe how difficult some find it to say please, and thank you. Keep up the good work instilling these into your children. As you already know, it will make a world of difference later on in their lives, both for them, and the people they surround themselves with.
-Guess Hoo
I was raised the same, saying please, thank you, yes ma’am no sir. If I didn’t, well let’s just say in this day and age would be considered child abuse. I grew up in a poor family, financially speaking, but for my parents this did not mean I would act as such. If a person is financially well off does not always make them a well-cultured person.
Today’s generation(s) I think that the parents aren’t like the parents in the past. Seems as if manners aren’t as important as they once were.
Maybe it seems dimmed today but I don’t generalise because their are still people who believe in manners!
Indeed! Children perceive manners from their parents in the first place via watching them before even parents try to teach them anything so it’s important that parents take care of their behavior in front of their babies.