How to teach children to be polite

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How to teach children to be polite

 

 

If you are raising bratty, impolite children, let me be the first to tell you the truth. Nobody wants to be around them. An impolite child grows up to be an impolite adult. Adults that are not polite have a difficult time with jobs, spouses and friends. Do your child (and society) a favor by teaching them to be polite.

Step 1
Practice politeness in your home. You can teach a child to be polite more by example than by simply correcting them. A child will model what he sees and hears. If your family is polite to each other, teaching your child to be polite is very easy. He will learn that being polite is a form of respect for others. It is your job to teach him why respect for others is so important in this life.

Step 2
Be polite to your child. If your child hands you something, say "thank you" to him. If you ask your child to do something, always preface it with a "please". Practice saying "please" and "thank you" with your child from a very young age. Those two simple terms will become a way of speaking for him.

Step 3
Teach your child phone manners. Teach him how to answer the phone, how to take a message and how to end the call. Teach your child cell phone manners by practicing them yourself. Teach your child that it's not polite to talk on the cell phone if others are trying to watch a performance or if they are dining.

 

Step 4
Extend your teaching to include helping others when needed. Opening doors or holding doors open, picking up something another has dropped or sending a thank you note all fall under teaching a child to be polite. If you and your family practice being polite every day, your child will also be polite. Children do learn by example. 

 

Source:  http://www.ehow.com/how_2126366_teach-children-be-polite.html

 

 

VOCABULARY LIST :

 

bratty - ill-mannered; impolitely unruly 

 

DISCUSSION POINTS :

 

1. For male students: Do you hold the door for women and for old people?

2. Do you give up your seat for the elderly when you're on the bus or the train?

3. How do you greet old people when you meet them for the first time?

4. Give some examples of Korean table manners.

5. Discuss Korean drinking etiquette. Where should the oldest person sit at the table? How should one

    pour drinks for elders? How do you hold your glass when someone pours for you? How do you drink

    when there's an old person around?

6. Discuss the three kinds of jeol (bow): keunjol, pyeongjeol, and banjeol.

7. For parents: Are your children polite? How do you teach them to be polite?