I have a question for you all. Theres something were sort of revisiting in our house right now. We dont force please,thank you,sorry or sharing, and the vast majority of the time those are things our little guy does on his own. There are times lately, though, where hell be feeling generally upset (due to lack of sleep, fighting off a bug, etc.) and hell be very demanding. Hell request things loudly and without saying please, and his tone is very whiny. Im pretty comfortable letting these go because hes normally very good about it, but Im also wondering if this could be an opportunity to help him understand the reasons for these social conventions. Something along the lines of If you ask me politely, Im more inclined to help you out, or the like. Maybe even explaining it afterward so it doesnt seem like our responding to his request is contingent upon his saying please first? Anyway, I thought Id post it up here and see what you all think about it. Is that crossing the line into forcing politeness, or just giving him useful information about why we do those things? Id love to hear from you!
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 23:24:40 +0000