Top 7 Manners Adults Should Learn From Children

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Get off your cell phone, i-phone, i-pad, blackberry or whatever you feel so tethered to that you don't even speak to your children while you are eating (supposedly together). Also ask them how their day was when you pick them up after school, don't ignore them while letting your electronic device suck up all your attention!

That is the problem.
Parents refuse to be parents and teach the children any more.
Raising a child is note than food and shelter.
If you can't or won't raise a child, do not have any.
If these parents learned "manners" from children then a
responsable adult tought the child.
The parents that were "tought" were no parents to start with.

Something that I have learned from all of my people watching is that children can be, if given the chance very brave, maybe sometimes, even braver than the adults. They don't have anything to worry about or lose, and their pureness in love will always override what ever fear that they are faced with. we as adults never truly get to experience this, because we won't allow them to be brave. with our own fear and body language we tell and educate them to be afraid. when they grow up, it is almost impossible to ever recover this sense of small greatness. and then they will pass the same things on to their kids, and the circle continues. but every once in a while if you look real hard you can still see some of these traits shine through.

Most kids these days don't know what manners are, look around. Lots of bad parenting going on.

ingrid said:

"I work in a school cafeteria elementry school most of the kids dont say thank you or please this seems a problem specially with the hispanic children , the teacher is standing there and keeps saying manners , manners say thank you . I keep wondering dont parents teach their kids anymore ?"

Well ingrid, it's not all the parents when the kids spend the majority of their waking hours at school. When the kid refuses to thank the person handing them the tray or whatever that's when the teacher needs to take the tray of food away and put the kid in the corner. No manners, no eat. Don't even tell the kid why if he's too stupid to comprehend keep doing it every day and he'll eventually learn it and won't forget it. When the parents complain tell them not to send their kid to public school if they don't like it. And don't tell me you'd be fired because I really don't care nor should you. Principals trump compliance for ADULTS.

The fact that you wrote "get schooled by kids" is horrific. I'm so sick of these spoiled sassy mouthed kids telling adults what to do. Kids need to know their place. They're all inherent fools. They've no business whatsoever telling adults how to behave. My grandmother would've been humiliated if I had conducted myself in a surly manner to an adult and she was right! Shut your brat up or I'll tell them myself. Shame on you you inane parents of the world.

These are NOT manners! And speaking as a 2nd grade teacher, I will agree with the clapping for yourself and asking questions and hugging...but not with the taking constructive criticisms. Kids don't like to be told that anymore than adults. That has to come with time.

sounds good but with number 5 when i call a spade a spade im called racist

Many adults are saying that these future generations have no manners, but this article is absolutely correct. Monkey see, monkey do. If you don't have manners, neither will your children or grandchildren. Relax, laugh, enjoy life. It doesn't always have to be all work and no play.

These are good ideas, but they are actually character traits, NOT MANNERS.

The first thing a baby learns is the art of manipulation. As we try to emulate children, by being spontaneous, endearing, overly enthusiastic, whatever, we should remember that those are attitudes adopted by children to get what they want or need.

Thou shalt not use the side of a police car as a toilet while holding the sign: "I'm just like you, the 99%."

If the liberals & socialists have their way in this country, many of us will live to see the day, when asking a child to say 'please' & 'thank you' will be considered an infringement of their rights. Oh, and a Cialis commercial featuring two men. It's coming, folks.

Kids teaching adults manners? The parents of these little geniuses are rude skanks and pass it on to their children.

All of these mannerisms (not manners) would continue thru childhood and into adulthood if parents, teachers and all other influential adults did not break the kid's spirits and quash all the natural openess and curiousity out of theem.

Poop your diaper. It's a forgotten art

One, the article title is misleading. Two, most children these days don't even know what manners are nor do their parents. I was enjoying a nice dinner on a patio when a family of 6 showed up and quickly ruined everyone's peaceful patio dining. The 4 kids were shouting at each other, fighting, climbing all over the table, running amock, while the parents just sat there ignoring the looks from other diners. Ignorance is the only thing being taught in that family!

When I was a kid, I couldn't help but be struck by how my parents were much nicer to other people's children than they were to me, and I resolved that if ever I had a family of my own, that I would treat my children with the courtesy that I would expect of them. That meant that I would not swear at them, would speak to them as if they were intelligent human beings (without sarcasm!), and would demonstrate good manners as well as providing discipline. Fast forward 35 years, a husband, and 7 children later: although not perfect, they are reasonably civilized human beings with empathy for others. They do not have to think about saying "please" and "thank you", as the words just come automatically. If your children are behaving like cretins, it might be time to look in the mirror and see what kind of behaviour is being exemplified for them.

And adults applauding themselves? Absolutely not, unless they're trying to be boors.

Some mothers are so attracted by web 2.0, qqchat, social networking parent bulletin boards, online dating, soap and tabloid news shows etc etc etc that they neglect their kids more than they should.