Teaching Good Manners to Adults

Video Transcript

"Hi, this is Laura Turner, and today we're going to talk about teaching good manners to adults. Some people have grown up through out their lives without having anyone to tell them what is socially acceptable, as far as manners go. So, you're going to have to actually re-train the adult that you are trying to teach good manners to. And this is going to take quite a bit of learning curve. Because as they say, old dogs can't learn new tricks. But, old people, I believe can. They just put their minds to it. So, cause the adults to learn by example. By example, applying good manners, yourself. Much the same way as you would teach "youn", children about good manners, go back to the basics. Identify why good manners are important. Next, make yourself an example to them. And, also what you can do, for an adult, and this is me. You should not probably do with children, is, if an adult has really bad manners, you might want to actually show them, what they really look like, when they're exhibiting these bad manners. So, you might actually want to do a candid reality TV video taping of the adults, while they're exhibiting their bad manners, so that you can actually turn around and show it to them. And, if it's really bad, maybe they'll actually look at themselves, and say, oh, my gosh, you know, do I really look like that, when at the dinner table? Or, do I look like that during the day, you know, in my pajamas or whatever the bad manners is constituting for you. And, finally explain that developing good manners, requires practice and patience, and that they're not going to be able to implement these good manners, just by listening to you. But they're actually going to have to implement them, in their own lives. So, those are some tips for teaching adults good manners."