How Well-behaved Are Your Kids?

...Uh, how old? As soon as they're old enough to speak they should know please and thank you! What's wrong with people? Manners are something you must teach your children by example, by always using them even before you think they're old enough to understand - and by making it plain that you expect them to always use them.

As I stood in front of the deli counter at the supermarket, a boy of about five years old was leaning on the display case and touching it with his hands. His mother said to him "Do not lean on the counter. This is not the playground." Then as I looked down at him she said, "Say hello to the lady." So I said hello back and shook his hand and said "Nice to meet you." The boy was lovely and mentioned that he was a little sun burned on his arm. I almost fainted because the mother mentioned that children generally do not have good manners today but hers are taught ettiquette. There would be good table manners and social graces in her home. What a wonderful surprise to see a child on the way to becoming a real gentleman! How many parents take the time to do this? Think how fortunate his teachers at school will be.

Working in the restaurant industry it is amazing to see how many parents simply do not care what their kids do. The parents are the one's that need a time out. It's not a Chucky Cheese that i work at and guests are there for many reasons and do want the distraction of screaming kids throwing food all over while their parents sit back and ignore it. These type's of parents should stay at home.

As a tutor who sees children every day, I see a great need to teach manners to children. I have that opportunity as we sit together for an hour learning. I can explain, kindly and gently, the need and the reason for a polite greeting, for example. The next time they arrive at my tutoring site, I check to see how their greeting manners are, then redirect from that point. This works pretty well because they have to see me again next time, and they know I'll be looking for a polite greeting, a positive attitude, a cooperative spirit. They also know I like them, like working with them, and want to help them. And as for table manners, yes, it is important to learn how to handle the knife, fork, and spoon as well as dishes and glasses and cups and bowls. We all who are concerned about this need to step up the effort with our children or we will degenerate into a world of barbarians. Some of us may think that we are already on that slippery slope.

great idea, but this article gave absolutely no information, just talked about why- some actual tips would be helpful to all.
By the way - I am a mom to 5 well behaved, yes mam no sir, napkin on their lap, please and thank you, look a person in the face while you speak to them, little darlings
we always get complements from McDonald's to brunch at grandma's country club
it is alot of work and we are always fine tuning -can you say "don't talk with your mouth full?" :) lol
We are NOT perfect, but we believe in doing our best!
Bring back manners and common decency!

My bf's daughter is 8 and wasn't taught or reprimanded for eating with her mouth open. It came to light when we started dating almost a year ago. She is also dramatic and can be rude (rolling the eyes, pouting the lips and head out) and she doesn't like eye contact. My bf said that I'm being hard on her and she is only doing it bc she wants attention bc she doesn't get it from her mom. Hello, I don't think so. She does it to her dad, and she has his attention all the time. He is oblivious to her behavior and asked me to nudge him when I see it. He claims she is good when he is w/her one on one. Again, oblivious.

While I agree completely that good manners are important, do little girls really need to curtsey while in a dress or skirt? The're little girls, seriously. It my be cute but I think a "Hello, my name is Elizabeth, it's nice to meet you." and a smile and maybe a handshake is more than polite enough. And do they really need to know the 'proper' way to hold a knife and fork? You hold it however makes it easiest for it to serve it's purpose, to get food cut up on your plate and into your mouth without making a mess. There are rules that every child should know, please, thank you, napkin in your lap, chew with your mouth closed, don't talk with your mouth full, but I wouldn't want my daughter to become some perfect little robot. I would want her to be polite but they're KIDS. They should be out having fun, not stuck in a class with a lady lecturing them about how to hold spoons, forks, and knives!

All key words, jestures and movements are learned and used to accomplish a particular task or acquire something you want. Don't be fooled by cute words or actions.

Alan

You teach your child good manners from day one. My son has never had a problem with sitting at the table while eating. Even at 1 I got compliments from the first daycare he went to. They were amazed that they didn't have to wrangle him into a seat. I don't make him shake hands with people though. I don't like doing it. I just ask that he says Hi and that is it. I know he can get uncomfortable, and yelling at him to greet someone won't change that.

for god's sake, stop the auto-play on these videos! they are so annoying! why won't the shine staff listen to the complaints about this?

Some great tips! Kids follow by example :)

Never underestimate the importance of good manners. My parents taught me good manners and I teach them to my children, but I also add a little tip that has become more important for my children's generation - good manners are for interacting with people who also have them. I expect my children to treat others well, but I also expect them to be assertive with kids who were clearly never taught manners, because that group is unfortunately growing. I don't want polite kids to wind up as underdogs on the playground. However, some tips about teaching good manners would have been helpful, rather than just commentary on why good manners are necessary. Of course they are, and I know it's amazing some parents today think they aren't, but the only people who are going to read this article and watch the video are clearly those who understand the necessity. Instead, the video comes across as just an advertisement for the etiquette school. How much do you get paid for the views? Is that why we can't disable it, and it keeps replaying?

As a grandmother of nine, I offer the following suggestion. In a society full of bullying and self-centered children, it is helpful to teach your children the benefits of consideration for others and being polite as early as possible. A book emphasizing good manners is The Magic Word by Sherrill S. Cannon. This book, which can be read to toddlers, is a rhyming story of a little girl who was rude, selfish and demanding – and had very few friends. Her mother suggested that she needed to improve her manners; so when she went to school the next day, she thought of her mother’s advice, “What is the magic word?” and she started saying “Please” and also “Thank You”. She tried to become more thoughtful of others, and discovered that she was a much happier person. The repetitive use of the phrase “What is the magic word?” has children answering “Please”! (The Magic Word has just received a NABE Pinnacle Achievement Award for Summer 2011, plus is nominated for a 2011 Global eBook Award.)

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