Manners & Etiquette for Kids
According to a popular phrase from Quote Garden, “Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners.” Your manner of speaking to your friends, relatives and neighbors clearly depicts your upbringing at home. Although there is no age for learning good manners and etiquette, people grasp the protocols of public behavior much easier during their childhood. It is important for your kids to learn table manners, telephone etiquette and the traditional rules of speaking softly, apologizing for a mistake and complimenting others for achievements.
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Greeting with Respect
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People admire a polished and well-behaved individual who treats his friends, relatives and neighbors with respect. While interacting with people in society, you admire those people who respect you. Similarly, if you want the kids to respect you, you must respect them as well. Shaking hands or nodding shows that you are greeting with respect. Kids learn this attribute more quickly by observing their elders rather than following a tutorial.
Politeness
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Politeness is the most admirable quality in a human being, and it differentiates between a scholarly man and a person who does not have adequate schooling. “Thank you” and “please” can turn the things in your favor, so you should encourage your kids to learn these simple and polite words by first practicing them yourself in your home. Gradually, the kids will feel more comfortable as they realize the positive results of using these polite words in day-to-day life.
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Table Manners
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When you eat a meal, you want to enjoy eating your food and appreciate the kindness of the host who invites you for a social gathering. Before you take your kids to a restaurant or a private party, your kids need to be familiar with the table manners. You should encourage the kids to place the napkin in their lap to prevent staining of clothes. Remind the kids to chew without opening their mouths, to use a knife for cutting and fork for grasping and to avoid burping or blowing their nose while eating at the table. The kids are keen to learn good manners and etiquette for using different cutlery for assorted fruits and vegetables when you participate in the learning game.
Telephone Etiquette
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As conversations for friendship and business increasingly take place on the telephone, the success of the venture depends on the telephone etiquette. Your kids, again, learn by listening to you as you communicate with your friends, colleagues and the telemarketing representative. However, the basic lesson is to, first, introduce yourself and then request the receiver to kindly call the concerned person. When your kids take the calls in your absence, compliment them for taking the messages.
Coaching
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Nobody is born with perfect manners, and everybody learns etiquette at home or school or in the workplace or public places. If you feel that you cannot give much time to your kids for teaching them good manners and etiquette, you can send them to military schools, private schools or etiquette schools. If kids learn politeness and courtesy at an early age, they reap big returns throughout their lives.
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