I Cannot Believe How Well Mannered Your Daughter is!!

I used to work in retail (about 13 years ago...) and I remember distinctly a little girl taking something from a stand and her 'mother' saying, put it back or the man will shout at you. I tried to give this excuse of a mother my 'why would you expect me to discipline YOUR child' look, combined with an air of 'actually I would NEVER shout at a child that small' but it was just was off a ducks back - not a clue...!

My children, in public, are very well mannered because they know if they aren't...they are in so much trouble when i get them home. LOL! My two year old is kind of shy when she's out, but will say thank you as soon as she is away from the people that gave her something. LOL! At home can be a different story, although my two year old has more manners at home than my 9 and 8 year old do. She always says yes ma'am and i'm sorry and thank you and please, while i have to constantly remind my older children that they have lost sight of their manners and if they needed to be reminded of it. They usually straighten up pretty quick after that for a day or two before having to remind them again. thanks for posting and God bless. You are very blessed to have such a mannered child. These days it's very hard to find that in children because they all seem to be running all over everyone these days. Definitely take pride in that and be greatful for it and proud at what you've accomplished. God bless

Unfortunately, I often encounter such daughters, and most of the time, sons. Of course, each one has their own character but it still depends upon the parents on how they race their children. They use profane language, act as if they weren't girls and are so careless that they are the ones to be blamed when something bad had happened to them. But, luckily, I have an environment where most of the people are properly raised. Of course, the environment greatly influences the daughters and sons. It is one factor that is strongly considered as the most powerful influences for the youth. Well, this is reality. All we can do is to raise our kids properly.

I raised my son with manners and his three kids have manners. They have been raised this way. I work at a after school program and so I come in contact with a large number of kids. Some of them have very good manners and you hear the words please, thank you and your welcome all the time. If they bump into a person they say I am sorry. All the things of manners they do. Then there are some there don't know the first thing about manners. We were sitting down for snack and there is this one little girl that burps at the table and does it loudly than starts laughing about it. I have to continously talk to her about not doing that at the snack table and if a burp does happen to come out to say excuse me. Than there is the thing of talking with food in the mouth. I taught my son to not talk if food was in the mouth and he taught his three kids the same thing. I do mention to the kids that it is not nice to talk with food in the mouth. Of course there at school a lot of them do. So there are kids out there with manners but there are more of them that don't have manners.

Sadly Gemini_rose this is the way of the world. I was always brought up to have respect for my elders, to say please, thank you and excuse me, which I have also instilled into my own children, but so many parents do not do this. There are still people young and old with very good manners but there are more growing up without discipline and manners these days than ever before. Congratulations on your daughter being a credit to you with her manners and she in turn because of how you have bought her up will teach her own children to be that way, but even companies these days don't have the common curtesy to reply to applicants so how do they expect to have good mannered people work for them. Crazy times eh! Ellie :D

Most children are very ill mannered nowadays. Just last week I was at Giant Eagle, and this woman had a little girl with her who was about maybe 4. The little girl wanted everything she saw. And when the woman would refuse it was the same thing, she would flip out. And all the woman would do is tell her to knock it off. I mean she would literally start screaming in the store, lay down on the ground and make a big scene. That has to be embarrassing. I dont have children, but I know for sure, they will not act like that.

I realy hate to say this but it is getting harder to see children use manners. I babysit I have watch a total of 7 differnt kids (not all at once) and only one of them came to me with manners. I had to teach the rest of them to use manners. I do not give them a choice when they are in my care.

Things are def not like it used to be when I was growing up. I used my manners all the time, wrote thank you cards when I received gifts...ect. This are traits that I have carried onto my adulthood and try to instill in my children. My son is 3.5 yrs and he is very well mannored. He always say thank you and when he wants something he will say please. Sometimes it will be an hour later and he will come up to me and say Thank you Mama...I just love that! I witness ill mannered children all the time and it really bothers me. It is just something we have to instill in our children from a very young age, something that we have to be consistant about practising.

I come across bad mannered children all the time, and it drives me absolutely nuts!! At home in Guelph, there's a cafe that I like. Sometimes kids are just nuts in there, other times they are really well-behaved. When they are well behaved, I always tell their caregivers how pleased I am to see such nice children.

I agree with the lady that nowadays there are so many spoiled children that it really is rare to find children with good manners like that. You must be an expert parent. May other children learn from your family.

Most kids take clues from their parents. And many parents dont say thanks or please to their kids. I have noticed this many a times and I leave it just as it is as I cant blame the kids. I am really glad that our daughter learnt it from us and our son inturn learnt it from her.

it is very common to see bads manners in children now a days - It stinks - I have come across MANY MANY children who do not have any manners

alot of kids these days don't have manners whatsoever. good job on having one that seems to have great manners at such a young age. my two cousins on my moms side are so spoiled. ones 13 and throws a fit when she doesnt get her way. its just the way the kids are taught. obviously you are doing a great job

Sadly, the only time I hear children saying "please" or "thank you" is when their parents are right there prompting them. It's no wonder the lady took notice because you didn't have to lead her with "Now what do you say?"

I think there are alot of children out there that act bratty, only of course because thier parents have raised them to be that way. We always enforce the please and thankyou rule in our home. Also, if my son asks rudely, ie "I want this, please" he recieves a no.. and is told to think about a nicer way to ask, until he remembers, "may I please have..." and even then many times the answer may be no. He has been learning that even if he asks politely, he may still recieve a no you may not, as an answer. I do think that we can teach our children all we want, but if we are rude, our children will be rude.. (: Good luck to you and your little one

kudos! congratulations. it's very rare to find well mannered kids nowadays. most parents nowadays are too busy to instill good values in their children. i don't have a kid yet. my wife and i have been trying for a very long time. we have come across alot of bad mannered kids. and we feel pity for those kids and shame for the parents.

ur daughter is very good!when i have my son fourteen years age ,i would like take him to the street,go to shoping,but he did not to say anything.but now,he will to talk and talk all long time ,if u cry to he"shut up",but he did not stop his mouth.however,if he meet his friend or class mates,he will be a gentleman.that is my son....