Posted on 05/10/2011 11:33:11 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
Helping your child master these simple rules of etiquette will get him noticed -- for all the right reasons. By David Lowry, Ph.D.
Your child's rude 'tude isn't always intentional. Sometimes kids just don't realize it's impolite to interrupt, pick their nose, or loudly observe that the lady walking in front of them has a large behind. And in the hustle and bustle of daily life, busy moms and dads don't always have the time to focus on etiquette. But if you reinforce these 25 must-do manners, you'll raise a polite, kind, well-liked child.-
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I always tell my nieces and nephews that no one thinks they’re special except their mama. You ain’t special until you DO something special.
Too funny...
What about staying after church to help the Priest clean up? It’s a special honor to be chosen.
I think these days they don't leave the kids alone with the Priest. It would have to be in a group. Just normal safety - I would rather err or the side of caution than have my child ruined for life by a pedophile, and they can be ANYONE.
Aww, you can certainly be called names down here as well as a kid. I don’t look at it as hypocritical. I just think that in Minnesota, AS here in Texas (though the yankers wouldn’t believe it), the default position is to be friendly to strangers.
Don’t eat peas with your knife!”
I eat my peas with honey, have done it all my life.
Makes my peas taste funny
But it keeps them on my knife.
Courtesy of my grandfather who was born in 1890.
It does sound like someone from an older, wiser generation talking. Our society so badly needs articles and news features like this. So many have forgotten how to raise children and often don’t have older generations around to guide them.
Saw a guy on TV twice now that does this. Can't remember his name, but I think he writes books about murderers--had a Northeastern accent. Just a really odd way of speaking.
Re: your #26. Who is it that decreed it’s ill-mannered to wear a hat indoors? I can understand being peeved by a man not removing his hat for the national anthem or in church, but I don’t get the outrage (not by you.....by my in-laws) upon seeing someone wearing a baseball cap in a casual restaurant or a visiting family member walking into my home with one on.
Right. Not that the Priest is any more likely to offend, despite the lurid headlines. I think volunteers are supposed to do things with a witness to prevent even the appearance of impropriety.
most of the parents don't know them either...
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