On Aug 25, 8:55 am, "beth thomas" <eptho...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 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?
We're strict on manners
Actually we *were* strict - no need to be now as everywhere we take
Tyler we have people commenting on his beautiful manners.
I don't like the kids being on equal footing with adults as much as
they are today - call me a prude but there ya go. Kids today (at
least here in New Zealand) are taught of all their rights, that they
are equal to adults etc, but they're not taught any
responsibilities....
We always introduce people to Tyler as "Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss" etc, then
it's up to them to say if they want him to call them by their first
name.
Sue from NZ
:)
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