Honestly, does anyone DO that? I think I saw it in an international airport, once.
Was it this girl?
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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It’s usually when driving, when someone (in another car, of course!) forgets that he or she is not alone and inserts a digit. There was a classic Seinfeld episode where Jerry’s hot girlfriend happens to see him at the wheel doing the nasty. She accuses him of “a pick” and he counters that it was merely “a scratch”. Hilarity ensues.
Thank you St. Jude for favors granted. Amen.
People who litter should get a swift beating.
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> First, all of my daughters were taught these PLUS Ma’am and Sir - ALWAYS!
Excellent rule that I fully support.
Also, if any child of mine ever addressed an adult by their first name, they knew they’d be in trouble.
Adults are always addressed as Mr. {Brown} or Mrs. {Jones} or occasionally if the adult is a close family friend Miss {Ann} or Mr. {Jim} or Mrs. {Gail} is acceptable.
Are you going to give credit to the original publications aor just steal it. It is from a parenting mag so you should give credit.
Golly, look up at the header of the thread.
What's that?
Yahoo! Shine ^ | May 3, 2011 | By David Lowry, Ph.D.
Nothing new here. Just common sense.
Something a lot of parents don’t have, and don’t teach their children.
I always tell those folks that you called me, who do you think it is?
Honestly, does anyone DO that? I think I saw it in an international airport, once.
Was it this girl?
No the mag.
Then there would be no internet.
#13. Never use foul language in front of adults. Grown-ups already know all those words, and they find them boring and unpleasant.
Not sure that the main message should be that one should avoid offending adults. How about: never use foul language period.
ROFL! Were they Arabs?
Obama does it all the time.
It is an ingrained African habit.
My dad was a marine during WW-II, then after graduation from MSU, was an officer in the Army. After leaving the army he became career Detroit police officer who respected his job as well the protocol.
I will never forget the first time my then teenage nephew walked into dad's house wearing a baseball cap without taking it off. Dad read the kid the riot act and it never happened again........at least at dad's house. LOL!
Hats indoors are a MAJOR peeve of mine, especially at dinner tables in restaurants........Face it Forgotten Man, the days of common courtesy and proper etiquette are over. It's not that our parents taught us wrong, it's just that once we grew up many said screw etiquette and forgot about it and have ultimately left out that crucial societal need while raising their own rude children.
As a side note, I am now dating a lady who has 4 kids, aged 25, 23, 18 and 13. The 25 and 23 year olds are boys who live outside her house and the the 18 and 13 year olds are girls who live at home.
I was invited to join her for dinner with her entire family at a restaurant this past Saturday night. Upon arrival, she introduced me to her brothers and sisters and that was the last interaction I had with them the entire night.
She and I were seated at the end of a long table and not one of her kids came up to me to say hi. When the eldest son came in, he sat next to me and had I not presented myself to him to say "Hi Ryan, how are you doing", he wouldn't have said a thing..........
After we left the restaurant, everyone went to her mother's house and that was an even more surreal experience for me. I felt like an invisibale ghost who dropped in at the house. Totally ignored by everyone. When the evening ended and everyone was leaving, the only person who acknowledged my presence by saying good by was my friend's daughter's boyfriend..............go figure.
LOL at #6
#59 Do not give into the temptation to give your wife a dutch oven more than four times a week.
#11 seems to have died out.
I eat my peas with honey,
I've done it all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny,
But it keeps them on the knife.
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