Jun 14 2008
Parenting 101: Raising a respectable child
One of my biggest pet peeves is encountering a disrespectful child. The PBS children’s show, Callou, in my opinion is the brattiest kid I have ever seen! When he doesn’t get his way, he throws himself on the floor and kicks and screams. And all the narrator says is “Callou is upset.” Or, in today’s episode, he took another child’s toy because he wanted it. Not once was he told that the toy belonged to someone else or that he shouldn’t take the toy. I am not sure what the lesson is in this show is. However, it certainly isn’t how to share, how to use your manners, or how to be respectable to your peers or your elders.
If I have never taught my children anything, I have always insisted upon good manners and being respectable to those around them. From a very early age, I have told Garrett (my youngest son) that his goal in life is for no parent to cringe when a girl says “I am dating Garrett” and for other parents to tell their daughters “Why don’t you date a nice boy like Garrett”
So far so good…..
My boys are not perfect and I certainly will not pretend that they are. However, each of them knows their manners and knows how to act respectably in public. I have always had good comments from everyone who comes in contact with my boys always mentioning how well mannered they are. This makes me very proud and confident that I can send them out in the world without too much worry.
I think that good manners start when children begin to learn to speak. It is very simple to teach a young child manners by just saying Thank you when you hand them something and eventually they will learn to mimic you. When they ask you something say Yes Ma’am or Yes Sir and they will pick up on that and say it to you and other adults when being spoken to.
Yes, young children always want to get their way and they might even throw a fit when they don’t. However, if you are not consistent with your child by saying no about something and then yes when they throw a fit, all you teach them is that the louder they scream the better chance they have in getting their way!
Beginning with these simple things will start your child off in the right direction!
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Respect is a key element of child raising that is missing in so many kids - and it’s going to show as these kids hit the workplace because they’re not going to have the social skills necessary to work for anyone that doesn’t let them do what they want, when they want.
Working in the Education field I am astonished by the number of children I encounter who are disrespectful to Teachers. I am really left baffled and truly don’t understand why parents aren’t teaching this basic quality to their children. http//afrugalmom.today.com