"beth thomas" <epthomas@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Ranger posted in another ng about manners and kids...got me to
> thinking....how much do you stress manners with your kids? Do you
> expectations have changed since you were a kid? What do you insist on
(or
> not) with your own?
> Beth
>
> One of the main things I see is a much more casual way of addressing
> parents...I still can't address my friends' parents (the ones I knew as
a
> kid, that is) by first name, they will always be Mr. or Mrs. Same with
> aunts and uncles. Now, my kids' friends call me Beth, or Miss Beth ,
and
> my niece and nephew don't use 'aunt'. I see my kids' friends being more
> open / casual with me, not in a rude way, but they will joke and cut up
> whereas when I was younger I never considered that with the 'rents.
>
> how about you?
I insist (should say when they were very young I used to insist, now they
just do) that when people come to visit my children come up and greet them
and when it's time to leave, the children come to say good bye. I'm often
at
other people's homes where the children offer a cursory wave without their
eyes leaving the tv. My kids ask if anyone else wants the last piece of
whatever, before taking it. During holiday or extended family dinners,
the
kdis ask if they can be excused from the table.
Teri
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