Behavioral Tips: Help them develop well polished manners.

I learned quite early in life to adopt politeness and polished mannerism in my day-to-day life. This has been part of my lifestyle for as long as I can remember and it's something I've come to appreciate about the foundational behavioural training I got during my younger years.

The thing about polished manners is that it's not complicated. It's as simple as;

• Know when to say "Please"
• Know when to say "Sorry"
• Know when to say "Thank You"

Of course, if you know when to say all these, you also have to say it and try as much as possible to be genuine about it.

These micro behaviors can be very useful in helping us grow as a person and it makes it easier for our interpersonal relationships with others to be on a good track. Besides, you will often notice that nobody enjoys being around ill-mannered people, whether kids or adults... Except those that are just as ill-mannered as they are.

Being good-mannered can attract people who are equally good-mannered to you and when you find yourself amid ill-mannered people, you will have the confidence to demand better behaviour from them.

This is partly why having polished manners is important and I think it's mainly the job of parents and anyone that has a duty of care towards kid(s) to help the kid(s) develop well-polished manners. The question parents ask about this is something like this;

When is the right time to start training our child?

Experts have their say on this and most of the data pulled from vetted sources suggests that parents can start correcting the mischiefs of their child from when they are 8-12 months. But, this is not always the case, especially for parents that are new to parenting. Some of them tend to see their child's mischiefs as 'too little to cause damage' so they ignore every moment the kid displays such tendencies.

They watch their kids disrespect them and they laugh it off. They watch their kids steal snacks from other kids in amusement parks and they smile back at their kid. As far as some of these parents are concerned, even their 7 years old is "still a kid" and will learn good behaviour when he or she becomes old enough.

Well, that's a really bad road to go down as a parent or anyone that has a duty of care towards kids. You are not helping them by ignoring their bad manners. The best thing you can do for them is to always observe them. When they display bad manners, point it out and give them corrections. And when you see improvement in their manner, make sure you highlight that too and laud their effort.

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