How ro teach your kids to behave in public?

We started from the time our children came home from the hospital, taking them to restaurants or public places. As they got into that stage where they no longer sleep the whole time you are there, and the terrible twos-threes started, we would attempt to set a good example for them by reminding them to say please, thank you, use your napkin and having them order their own meals. If our child misbehaved, he/she was given one warning about manners. If that warning was not obeyed and the behavior didn't stop, we would ask the waitress to pack up our meal, my husband would immediately take our child to the car while I waited for the containers, and we would leave. It did not take long for them to learn that for every action there would be a consequence. Good manners ends in desert, bad manners ends in a meal at home, an early bath time and bed time and the loss of fun.

why would you expect your children to behave in public if they are not expected to at home? I do not see a sigh that says you are now entering a public area please behave properly. When I was Small we were taught manners and courtesy that was expected in public as well as at home. You are trying to have a double standard, and it is not going to work because if you have one set of rules for home and one set for out in public you are teaching a child to be deceitful. is this really what you are aiming for? So start at home and work outwards and remember what you expect from your children you your self must BE, this is the real thing it is not an act Behave as you wish your children to and do it all the time, that way it is believable by all concerned.

Well I believe that they way we (parents) behave in public or even in our homes will reflect on our children. If we lose our cool, argue with people or start trouble with people, and just be plain disrespectful, then your children will be the same way. Unfortunately though, there are times when our children will behave in a way that wasn't taught to them. One year I went to visit my sister in Florida. It was me and my two younger boys and my mom. Upon leaving a restuarant where we had lunch, this lady came up and asked if the two boys were my children and i said yes and she proceeded to tell me how they were the moste well-behaved boys she has seen and that she had been living in Florida for ten years and hadn't seen children that behaved so well and of course I felt so proud of my children. It gave me such a warm feeling inside. Try your best to teach your children the value of respecting others and themselves. God Bless!!

Mine are only little at the moment so generally its simple, set them good examples of how to behave and they will follow however they are only little and they cant behave all the time so I tell them they shouldnt do it and the youngest gets put back in her buggy if she cant behave and the eldest generally a warning of being sent for time out when we get home does the trick. I think if you set out and know they wont always behave but have a good way of dealing with it and are consistant with that then eventually they get the right idea that and showing them how to behave goes a long long way but especially when they are small we have to remember they cant behave all the time xxx

Explain to your children that when they behave badly, they are making a bad impression to themselves and the people they are with. Also explain to them what impressions are. Also tell them that if they behave badly, they are embarrassing the people around them, but try to be gentle and firm when explaining it.