Do you say "Please" and "Thank you" to your children??

good for you! and its so true..if it doesnt start with us the parents/caregivers then where will it start...To answer your question, yes I do use manners with my kids and I expect them to do it with each other as well...There are times when I'm having a rough pain day or what have you that I dont always say please but i always say thanks/thank you..

You are so right on this Kim! I am the same way. lol My daughter and I butt heads a lot of certain things, but the one thing she does have is manners. She also uses the word mam amd sir sometimes. I hear lots of parents speak to their kids like they are talking to an adult (cursing them , etc.) and I just feel terrible and want to tell them something about it, but don't want an altercation about it. There are lots of people who don't like being told how to speak to thier kids. Because you are teaching your kids manners, they in turn will teach theirs and that is such a good thing and hopefully it will carry on and become the in thing as they say lol :)

Yes, we do say please and thank you to our children. We want to raise them with good manners. My daughter started saying "thank you" and "You're welcome" at a year old because we always say it to her. She is just now grasping what "please" means and she uses it all the time. She thinks that as long as she says please that she automatically should get whatever it is that she is asking for. Then again she is still a baby. She won't turn two until May.

It is so refreshing to hear such good common sense from a parent. While this comment seems only natural unfortunately so many parents fail to realize that parenting starts at home. So many times parents complain about how their children have bad manners or they don't talk nicely yet the parent can be guilty of exactly the same.

Wow, that's not the norm? I always try to use kind words, no matter who I'm dealing with. (I can't say I'm successful 100% of the time. There's always the odd rude customer service person out there, ya know?) Seriously, even in a bad situation, I may get a bit steamed, but try to control it and ALWAYS try to leave the situation with a kind word. You'd be surprised how it can turn things around.

I have a 4 year old little girl and if there is one thing I think is the most important thing to her is the manners that she has, she is normally the one to tell me of for not using my manners enough. There is not enough children now a days with the manners that take just a thew seconds to say and it is suprising how many people out there dont realise how much further a PLEASE or THANK YOU will get them

I have to agree with you here Kim, if we don't use the words... how are our children going to learn to use them! But she is right... not many people use those words anymore!

I agree so very much with you. The only way a child is going to learn to use the magic words is if they hear them from their parents blessed be

I do also say thank you when my children pass me something, make me a cup of tea or do something for me.It makes them feel appreciated and needed.Occasionaly everyone's manners slip though, even mine.I might be thinking of something else or have a lot on my mind that day.On the whole tough it comes naturally.

A strong foundation makes for a strong building,I like your attitude kimbers.

I do. All the time. And my kids have picked up on it and uses please and thank you. Even my two year old. People are so impressed when they here him say thank you and your welcome. Makes me feel proud. I agree it all starts at home.

I always say "please" and "thank you" to my children. I have always done so. It teaches them good manners and it lets them see how they should talk to people. Your kids also feel appreciated when you say please and thank you to them. It is much better than just barking out demands and showing them no appreciation.

You are so right! If you trying to teach them to be polite and educated, you have to be polite to them.

your discussion topic is really very good even i feel the same these small efforts are the pillars for your child,s future activities!

Children follow actions more than just words. I always say please, thank you and your welcome. Those are just words of respect. I use them with my grandkids and they always use those words. No matter where we have gone they don't have to be prompted to say them. It is obvious that my son and his wife use those words. My son is big on using actions to get his point across with his kids.

I want my child to be polite. So I pay attention to this. In usual, sometimes I will say these polite words to him. Even if he is a little kid only, but I still say thank you and please. So he will learn from it.

yES i DO TO TEACH THEM ON THEIR EARLY YEARS AND THEY BRING THAT WHEN THEY GET OLDER AT LEAST i RAISED THEM WITH MANNERS.

I don't hear parents using manners with their children very often. If we want children to be polite, shouldn't be we modeling that behavior for them? One parent told me that if she uses the word "please" then her children see her request as something they can say no to, so she doesn't use it when giving directions. I wonder if other parents have the same reasoning. To me, that doesn't necessarily make sense when I take my experiences into account. An example would be when my boss would ask me to do something and say "please". I was glad for the courtesy, but knew that I didn't have much choice in whether to do it or not.

my son is 14 years old.sometimes i will say "please",almost forget it ,but if he got to do something for me ,i will say "thank u",so he always to do this ,it is funy that he can say "thank u " before he want to tell u something.if we can alway to do this,we will have a good habit in our life.

All starts at home,my parents often tell me to do something from small one ,and then you can be sucessful. I like this good behavior,and I will show it to everyone .