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Beginning Manners
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Parents should begin teaching manners as soon as a child is born. Fortunately, "you will be working on manners all the time if you are leading by example," says Nanny Stella of the Fox-TV show, "Nanny 911." Use the words "please" and "thank you" habitually, and your child should learn to do the same. (While you're at it, don't forget "you're welcome.")
Try not to overwhelm your child with too many expectations. Once she says "please" and "thank you," then move on to table manners: no elbows on the table, sitting up straight, chewing with the mouth closed, and asking for food to be passed instead of reaching across the table for it.
Be aware of your child's limitations, for example, when they...
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My ideas about training a child to drive and work would be this:
For driving; buy training wheel when they are about 3 years of age, then from there remove the training wheels around the age of 7 or 8 of age. Then let them ride the till the age of 11, and if you have enough money you can buy a small scooter or anything like a scooter and let the child ride in it till the age of 15. Then most likely the child will have the interest in driving.
Work wise, let the children to chores, and pay them allowance depending on the family income, you can start them off at 24c a week or more depending on the income of the family. And for every 2 or 3 years depending on the parents, you can raise their allowance, till the age of 17.5 years or earlier depending on the child.
I am not a father yet, but I have at this idea in my mind for about a week now. I just want to see other people's response on this.
For driving; buy training wheel when they are about 3 years of age, then from there remove the training wheels around the age of 7 or 8 of age. Then let them ride the till the age of 11, and if you have enough money you can buy a small scooter or anything like a scooter and let the child ride in it till the age of 15. Then most likely the child will have the interest in driving.
Work wise, let the children to chores, and pay them allowance depending on the family income, you can start them off at 24c a week or more depending on the income of the family. And for every 2 or 3 years depending on the parents, you can raise their allowance, till the age of 17.5 years or earlier depending on the child.
I am not a father yet, but I have at this idea in my mind for about a week now. I just want to see other people's response on this.
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July 18, 2007
Please and Thank You Boot Camp
When my daughter was just under two years old, we started working with her on manners. She had learned the words for her favorite foods, and her way of asking for something was to scream its name over and over. After the third or fourth... read more
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