Politeness and common curtesy (please see details for actual question)

I think manners maketh the man, (or woman or child). It costs nothing to be polite and often makes others happy. Yes, I did teach my children good manners and I'm happy to say that they are teaching their children good manners. I remember a lady telling me that she remembered my eldest daughter from school because she was always so polite, this was about 15 years after she left the school. I was very proud.

My children are very polite. I haven't made a point of teaching them manners but I mostly teach them by example. I have always said the right words in the right situation. As soon as they were able to say the words themselves, they already knew when to say them. It is easy to be polite. I have had so many comments about how polite my children are, as if it's something unusual, apparently it is unusual, which is a shame because as has been said, manners cost nothing.

Manners are the lubricants of making the world a pleasant place to live into. Schools & Parents have equal responsibility of teaching manners to children. As of me, presently I am not married & have no children but surely I would like my children to be well mannered & it is my heart's desire to see to it. Integral or Moral education is the basic step in children education & schooling - without it studies are meaningless completely. Surely no one wants ill mannered peoples as their employees / colleagues.

I like to think i am a young mother at 28 years old, my 1st sons was born when i was 21. I have always used manners, my parents taught me very good manners and i feel you get much more from people and life by being polite and very well mannered. i taught my sons manners from the word go and i think it is the parents job not schools to teach manners. The school my sons go to give out awards at the end of each term for a number of different acheivments, they have both come home several times with certificates for being polite and good manners etc. Manners are very important and no matter who you are or how old you are there is no excuse not to use them.