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Kids being polite? - please and thank you


flirtycuddle wrote: I have always taught my 2 little ones to ask nicely if they want something and always say thank you. My 3 yr old says bless you and excuse me and then thank you if u say it to her (bless you). My son is following right behind in saying please and thank you. I have had other moms and even my parents comment on it when we saw them for the first time in a yr about how nto most toddlers are that polite.

I thought most parents taught there kids this at an early age but I do admit I have heard some rude toddlers lol. Do you have ur kids saying please and thank you and such just being all together nice and did u start from when they started talking?

bawoodsmall replied: ABSOLUTELY!! I always make both Aidne(2 in May) and Emily say please and thank you and exscuse me and stuff. I also thought all parents did.

sparkys2boys replied: We do here. We have always taught them to mind their manners. But it's funny that other parents have said to us that we have very polite kids..lol

Calimama replied: We're working on it. She says "dat you"... but at the wrong times. tongue.gif

mckayleesmom replied: Mckaylee and Russell say

Please
Thank You
Excuse me
God Bless You
Yes Sir
No Sir
Yes Sir and Yes Maam

flirtycuddle replied: My son will be 2 in July and he has been saying it since Xmas to where u can tell what he's saying. I don't do the mam or sir but the rest my daughter does say. Working on it wtih my son though but he's picking it up pretty fast. I thought all kids were taught to say plz and thank you at the very least but I have a few saying they never had their kids saying as young as mine. Both since 18 months when they could say it in the right context. I would be embarrassed if my kids were not being polite in public. All though they can be little terrors at home they still have to be polite.

TeesaŽŠ replied: Manners are a huge thing here, too.

It's even fun being chastised by children, "'Gimme, gimme never gets', Ummy." rolling_smile.gif

Kentuckychick replied: Caydee and Connor have always been pretty good about manners (I mean they're kids and sometimes they forget) but at 18 months Caydee already says "Please", "Thank you", "Bless you", "'Scuse me" and others.

For them though, I think it was more of learning by example. I think in house where the adults are most often always polite the children automatically learn the same behavior. I don't actually remember teaching them to say these things, it's more something they just picked up on.

luvmykids replied: I started telling my kids "say please" or "thank you" waaaay before they could understand why or say it themselves. I wanted it to just be a habit for them and thankfully, it is happy.gif It always astounds me how many children aren't taught that though. A friend of mine even asked how you teach them that, I was thinking "What do you mean HOW do you teach them that?!" wacko.gif

~Roo'sMama~ replied: Andrew says please and thankyou, and sometimes excuse me and bless you. He doesn't always say it, but we're working on it. happy.gif

Nina J replied: Being polite is something I value, so we teach it. Please and thank you / tah. Sir and Ma'am, although not so often because usually people just want to be called by there first name.

:.Mrs_Mommy.: replied: I have always spoke to my children the way I want the to speak to me (and others) by saying Please and Thank you, Excuse me..ect. It has become habit for them and I have been commented many many times on how well behaved and polite my children are. They don't say Ma'am or Sir but we are trying to instill in them to say Yes or No Mom/Dad because they learned from their older cousin to just say 'Kay and that boils mine and DH's blood. I think that is so disrespectful and now they know it. So now when I say "Do you understand what I told you?" they say Yes Mom and that is helping alot with manners.


Its not just saying Please and Thank you, my kids will wait until everyone is at the table then ask if they can eat now before they start dinner. They are almost always aware of others around them and how they might feel about what is said.

They are constantly learning but we started out on the right foot so it is easier I think anyway.

kimberley replied: thumb.gif good job! i have always gotten comments on my kids' manners and how impressed they were with the bless yous and thank yous etc.. it was just my manners that they picked up. i would always use manners when talking to my kids and they naturally followed. i think some people think kids don't deserve that sort of respect and never say please or thank you to their kid then turn around and yell at them for being rude. rolleyes.gif

My3LilMonkeys replied: My kids both say please and thank you. Excuse me and bless you they get most of the time but do need to be reminded sometimes. The one I am firm about it when they are asking for something it has to be "May I please have a drink" or etc. and I have gotten several compliments on that one when we are in public.

mckayleesmom replied:
You don't have to teach them....you just show them by example....They just pick it up. wub.gif

Mommy2Isabella replied: Isabella says

Please
Thank You
Bless You
Excuse Me
No Ma'm < hahahaha not in a well mannered way! haha we are working ont hat
Yes Sir

DillsMommy replied: For the most part Dylan is polite. He says please and thank you on his own, without me having to tell him to. But every once in a while his 5 year old attitude comes out.... growl.gif I can't stand it!!

HuskerMom replied:
That's what I've been doing too hoping he'll pick it up. He hasn't started saying them yet but hopfully will soon.


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