“SERIOUSLY, YOU ALLOW YOUR CHILD TO DO THAT?”
As a continuing part of my physical therapy, I have to walk outside to increase my strength, endurance, & balance. Makes sense doesn’t it. So as a ‘good soldier’, I walk everyday.
Yesterday, I decided to walk around our city here, which is a tourist town & always packed in the summer, with all of our beautiful lake activities.
Still walking slow, gives me the opportunity to observe more of what’s around me.
Okay, & to be honest, a slow pace is required still, to be aware of my footing. (I hear you Doc).
Back to my walk yesterday, living in a very popular tourist attraction city, brings people of ALL ages.
People who are elderly & have walkers, canes (boy can I relate), to those who are so young they’re excited to be on vacation!
The point of this blog today, is to share a direct observation that is becoming so overlooked by parents, & getting out of hand.
Of course I’m referring to the lack of proper manners of your children.
WOW, if you’re allowing your children to act this way now in public, what’s going to happen to our world when they are of age to run it!
To refrain from examples here, I’ll get right to the message.
Why?
I don’t believe there’s a person reading this that hasn’t witnessed some of the antics carried out & gotten away with, while their parent(s) were sitting, standing right there.
Frankly, I shouldn’t even have to write about this.
But, just in case you aren’t aware, here are a few thoughts to help & remind you, as you raise your children.
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Here are the IMPORTANT MANNERS to teach your children
Courtesy & respect, to elders & authority figures.
Proper conduct, in public places (including church).
Good, (not perfect) table manners.
(NOT standing on chairs, crawling on tables, screaming out).
Proper telephone talk & manners.
Meeting & greeting people properly.
Good mouth manners; “yes” & “no” (or “yes ma’am” & “no ma’am”), NOT “yeah or a grunt.
“Hello/hi, thank you, please, excuse me, I’m sorry, may I” are appropriate.
Opening doors for others.
Being a gracious host & a welcome guest.
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I can easily go on with so many more, but I hope this small list will help those who need a little nudge, to get the idea.
If you think my list is rude, I’ll tell you a fact of why it’s not.
Yesterday, I witnessed a child so unruly & ignored by the parent, another guest became so observably upset & had to be taken out because of a panic attack. True story!
Now, was this an extreme case? NO
Panic attacks are VERY real & are triggered by a number of different reasons, any of which you are not aware of.
The same can be said of those suffering from PTSD – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. You will never know the triggers they too endure.
So parent(s), please incorporate these important manners to teach you children.
You love your child, I get that, we all do.
However, when you’re in public, you have a responsibility to everyone else, including your child, to have control & authority of your offspring, & raise them with good manners.
We can all co-exist together.
“Be kind & respectful, everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about”…..
See you tomorrow…
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laugh and laugh I did when reading this… OH Linda I can so feel for what you wrote. I do believe without a doubt that the 50’s and 60’s children are the last of a dieing breed.
How often I have come into this converstation and we all think it. Some thing changed in our world. The 90’s hit us and no matter how hard many parents have tried to educate their kids, it’s just not sinking it.. I do belleive it’s all the technologies of today that has put life on a new playing feild. Not the kids fault just the way of the world..Now those kids are having kids and say no more…LOL.. so enjoyed your post LInda..This one deserves a cup of coffee to go with it..LOL 🙂
Thank you so much Rhonda, I’m glad you enjoyed it. You know I generally write, all too aware that someone is going to get ticked off. But, I’ll you, that day there must have been something in the air because the kids were wild! But, truth be told, that’s not the first, nor the last we’ll see of public behavior. I know one thing, I would never been allowed to display behavior like that, nor would you! haha. Thanks again Rhonda, I love your feedback.
Thank you for sharing Linda
We can totally relate to what your saying growing up and being raised by our grandparents was a blessing. Why because even tho they were grumpy and strict on manners feet on a table huge no, no in our house (and many more like the one you said above) and learning these lessons improved on mutual respect for others and we are so glad they taught us because giving respect is just as important as gaining respect
Cheers Great post
Bobby and Stevie-Lee
Thanks Stevie, you are so right. I’m glad my parents were strict to teach me manners. I just blows my mind of what’s out there for public view. Whew! Thank you for sharing your thoughts, I love it.
Oh I couldn’t agree with you more. It is amazing what kids get away with today and how they are allowed to act. I am glad you stuck with the basics because there is no excuse for you not to be able to teach your children the basic manners and basic good behaviors and expect them to follow each one.
Aside from the basics..I do believe that there are reasons why each generation seems to have gotten worse (“The Millionaire Next Door” – a book that talks about money and generational money, but I believe a lot of the same ideas can be applied to manners and respect.) Plus there are a lot of societal changes that really do make an impact on how parents are able to raise their children or choose to. So again, this is not for the basic manners that you discuss in this post, but still wanted to make point of some of my observations!!
Your point is very well taken. I spent several years living in the south before I moved back home. The socio-factors are definate prominate in how people act & their expectations from others. It’s sad to see that many parts of the world don’t realize that respect must be earned & should not be expected. I believe that if people would realize that first, there may be some, even if a little progress made. Thank you for your thoughts.