Mind Your Manners
Getting your child to mind his manners may sometimes seem like an impossible task. It may feel as though you have repeated the words “please” and “thank you” to your child a million times only to have him forget to use either sentiment when visiting relatives or friends. However, your determination will eventually pay off in the end. And, in the meantime, you are teaching your child about proper conversation etiquette.
When holding a conversation with a young child, it may seem as though you are listening to a bunch of disconnected gibberish. It may also sound as though the child is so self-absorbed in what she is saying that she isn’t paying attention to your own input. Although she is probably more concerned about her own train of thought, the words you say and how you say them are registering with the child. They are the example that she uses when holding future conversations. So even if your child excitedly runs to you holding your new Faberge egg and delights in telling you how pretty it is, and them seems to completely ignore your simple request to hand you the egg before it breaks, she has actually registered your “please” and “thank yous” for use in future conversations. So mind your manners, and, one day, your child will use them too.
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Written by BRWI Staff on April 27, 2010
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