Posted on 03/18/2005 6:34:27 AM PST by grellis
Yes, it is a topic we have discussed previously but it was so much fun last time I thought we could have another go at it.
How does one raise a well-mannered child? Are we well mannered adults, giving our children a good example from which to learn? What are some instances of atrocious manners that you have encountered lately?
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Please let us know about your fur baby, ok?
I was brought up with the Mr. or Mrs (last name)...heck I still did it into my 30s...although I dropped most of it in my mid-20s after I had been gone and on my own for several years.
With my daughter it is generally Mrs or Mr (last name), but with many of our friends it is Mr. or Miss (first name) as that is the way most people I know prefer it to be done. Most of my friends' kids call me Miss Gabz and that doesn't bother me in the least.
We do have several close friends that she calls "Aunt" or "Uncle" (first name)......... that was done at their request.
I'm on the list... I do enjoy reading it. I don't reply often because I spend so much time reading articles that if I take time to reply, I'll never get through them all!! LOL
Cussing is totally frowned upon in this house.......even saying the word "damn" gets a quarter fine. Both Mom and Dad occassionally slip........and so the yung'un's piggy bank grows. But she gets hit with the same fine if she tells the dog to "shut up" as that is also not an acceptable phrase.
It's also an excellent teaching tool in regard to money....if she has to give me a quarter because she broke a language rule, she knows she won't have that quarter for the machine coming out of the supermarket - but she will if she either catches me, or doesn't do it herself. She's real quick to try and catch mommy or daddy.
I said something very similar to my daughter in a department store not very long ago - she got the message very quickly................but I don't believe the offending mother did.
Another zinger is "You know we don't act like that, no matter what other children are doing!"
The Unabridge Dictionary is your friend!
That said, I have an unfortunate tendency to shout, "Bleep, bleep BLEEP!" or "Where in the Freepin' FReep is your brain!?" It could be worse, I suppose.
That is, "Unabridged."
I've used that one as well!!!!
I agree that cuss words aren't necessary - but in my life I have been known to make a few sailors blush......
Flippin'..........is my favorite.....I don't have to bleep that one, but it conveys the message.
I have been known to announce to the offending parties: "WALK!"
I hauled a kid over to his neglectful grandmother a few months ago when he was climbing on a display of tomatoes and pretending to shoot my boys with a banana. She just looked at me and skulked off with the little monster.
My kids were appalled at both his and her behaviour.
Me, too, but I want to stir up (or at least embarass) the parents, if they're within earshot :-).
These were children who were literally running up and down the aisles of a Super-Walmart. Not a parent in sight. I caught the biggest one by the arm the third time he ran by me and asked him in my sternest Mom voice: "Where is your mother?"
It turns out she was over in the grocery section while these boys were tearing around in the toy aisles. I offered to escort them if they couldn't nicely walk back to Mom. The walked nice and kept glancing back at me until they couldn't see me. Sheesh!
My kids take off running sometimes as soon as they're out of my sight. Twerps.
So, those were your little darlings? ; )
Mine are not allowed out of sight in the Walmart!
Mine stick to me like glue whenever we shop anywhere. There are too many weirdos out there even here in Hooterville.
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