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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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Manner#29
When at your Grandmothers house for Mothers day and all your parents are on the front lawn talking, no matter how bored you get don’t throw rocks at my house. (This went on for 3 hours on Sunday) :(
How about in your car? That's the really gross one. I can't tell you how many people I see stopped at traffic lights, just mining away. It's as though they've forgotten their car has windows.
LOL! Literally, I laughed out loud. How about talking with your mouth full on a cell phone while you are wearing a hat indoors?
Manner #29 (aimed at teenagers) - you’re a rich white kid driving a Range Rover. Just because you wear a stupid hat and blast 50 Cent as loud as your speakers can handle out your open windows doesn’t make you a “gangsta”. It just makes you loud and annoying.
Saw that one the other day in Clarksville, MD.
Which reminds me: “Don't talk with food in your mouth”.
And “Do what you said you would do.”
And the three laws of the universe my kid's have learned:
The VERY first, and foremost is:
“Life isn't fair”.
As they get older and encounter difficulties:
“It's always something.”
and
“Nothing is easy”
Heh. Maybe it those can all be summed up as “No Whining”. We had that homemade sign on our bedroom door for many years!
Saw a guy do that in my rearview mirror not long ago.....he made a snack of it.
Until you're around 13 and male...then remember it is NOT appropriate to tell your 20-something neighbor that she has "a great rack and an amazing a$$."
Uphere there is supposed to be this “Minnesota Nice”, which is anything but. These rules are broken regularly. Manner 14 often invokes being ignored if you were not part of the person’s junior high clique. Yes, that even applies to people in their fifties.
And then I go home to the Texas Hill Country, get addressed as sir by some kid, not being cheeky, but just having a value system from another time...
When my son was 3 or 4 we were at the zoo. He leaned over and whispered to me “Dad, that lady is really fat!” I explained it was impolite to make such observations of people in public. A minute later, he said “Dad, look, the lady who’s not so skinny is leaving.” Still puts a nice smile on my face.
I occasionally see people open their car doors and dump the ash tray contents on the street. This and flipping a lit butt out the window is extremely short sighted.
I usually tell my kids to be extremely grateful that life isn’t fair. If we were to receive exactly what we deserved (for our sinful behavior) we would be miserable.
Manner #7Helpful hint:Do not comment on other people’s physical characteristics unless, of course, it’s to compliment them, which is always welcome.
This does not include compliments such as: "Gee, for a fat gal, you sure don't sweat much."
Hubby and I were at Five Guys a couple months ago. An attractive young couple (mid-twenties) came in a few minutes after us and took a table near us. Both well dressed, clearly very into each other, started singing along with the music, enjoying each other’s company, cute couple, having a good time. Right until the food arrived. She had her back to me, but I had front row seats to watching him chew with his mouth open, stuff way too much food into his mouth, then continue to sing along with the music and talk and laugh with her, while continuing to stuff, chew, and swallow. I was grossed out from where I was sitting. I honestly don’t know how she managed to sit just across the table from that show without saying something. And as disqusted as I was, I was also really saddened that nobody had ever told this young man how terribly inappropriate his behavior was. At some point, it’s probably going to impact his career.
Or my post in #28...
Mrs. farsider and I inherited two 5-year-olds last year. We had few somewhat frustrating soccer practices, and on the way to the next one I told them, “Pay attention today. I don’t want to see you boys out there picking flowers, or looking up at the sky, or picking your noses.” I think Zach missed my point. He said, “Yeah, especially me ‘cause I eat my boogers.”
Sadly, I’m guessing there may be even some children under 9 who need to learn not to text while at the dinner table or when someone is trying to talk with them....
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Manner #3
“Do not interrupt grown-ups who are speaking with each other unless there is an emergency. They will notice you and respond when they are finished talking.”
What a child considers an emergency is probably not what an adult considers an emergency
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