Teaching your child good manners Be an inspiring role model - Start by setting an example — something thats easier in theory than in practice.. And at age 2, your child wants nothing more than to be like Mom and Dad. Start with the basics - Saying please and thank you is usually the first bit of courtesy any parent tries to teach, and you can start as soon as your child is using some words to communicate, usually sometime after the first year. Encourage polite greetings - At 2 years old, your child can certainly learn to say hello when arriving for visits or meeting new people and goodbye when its time to depart. She will be wildly unreliable about it, saying Hello very sweetly on one occasion and then collapsing into shyness or bursting into tears on the next. Praise your child — specifically naming the swell thing she just did (It was nice of you to let Tyler throw your ball) — when she does behave generously or thoughtfully around other people. Take it seriously - Make sure no one is laughing at his bad manners. Laughing encourages children to see bad manners as a source of humor. Be patient and teach - Dont nag and complain. Tell your child what you want, rather than what you dont want. Take it seriously - Make sure no one is laughing at his bad manners. Laughing encourages children to see bad manners as a source of humor.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 02:54:49 +0000
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